El Centinela
El Centinela is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,245 metres. El Centinela is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Campestre, as well as near Unidad Habitacional Tlalpan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Colonia El Centinela”
- Postal code: 04450
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Central Terminal and Anahuacalli Museum.
South Central Terminal
Bus station
Photo: Apsu09, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Central Terminal is a bus station.
Anahuacalli Museum
Museum
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum is a museum and arts center in Mexico City, located in the San Pablo de Tepetlapa neighborhood of Coyoacán, 10 minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo Museum, as well as from the tourist neighborhood of this district.
Tasqueña metro station
Metro station
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tasqueña is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood, within the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Avenida Tasqueña and Canal de Miramontes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonia de La Candelaria and Churubusco.
Colonia de La Candelaria
Quarter
Photo: Betoqa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colonia de La Candelaria is a quarter.
Churubusco
Quarter
Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli".
Coyoacán
This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.
El Centinela
- Category: locality
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.33599° or 19° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
-99.1398° or 99° 8′ 23″ westElevation
2,245 metres (7,365 feet)Open location code
76F28VP6+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 9041879225OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11562469
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In Other Languages
“El Centinela” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “El Centinela”
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