Merced Balbuena

Merced Balbuena is a neighborhood in , and has an elevation of 2,235 metres. Merced Balbuena is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Also known as: “Colonia Merced Balbuena”
  • Postal code: 15810

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mercado de Sonora and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Marketplace
Photo: Maurice Marcellin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city-established traditional market, located just southeast of the in the Colonia Merced Balbuena neighborhood.

Church
Photo: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.

Fire station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a fire station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Centro Urbano Benito Juárez.

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Histórico of , centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Locality
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
The , more commonly called the Multifamiliar Juárez, was a large apartment complex built on the southeast section of , in the late 1940s and early 1950s. is situated 3½ km west of Merced Balbuena.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century. is situated 3½ km north of Merced Balbuena.

Merced Balbuena

Latitude
19.42006° or 19° 25′ 12″ north
Longitude
-99.12378° or 99° 7′ 26″ west
Elevation
2,235 metres (7,333 feet)
Open location code
76F2CVCG+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11473518380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
11562881
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In Other Languages

“Merced Balbuena” goes by many names.

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