San Rafael
San Rafael is a neighborhood in Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City and has about 19,700 residents and an elevation of 2,227 metres. San Rafael is situated nearby to the neighborhood Tlaxpana, as well as near Colonia Cuauhtémoc.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 19,700 residents
- Also known as: “Colonia San Rafael Ticomán”
- Postal code: 06470
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monumento a la Revolución and Angel of Independence.
Monumento a la Revolución
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Revolution is a memorial arch commemorating the Mexican Revolution. It is located in the Plaza de la República, near the heart of the major thoroughfares Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in downtown Mexico City.
Angel of Independence
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The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City.
Monument to Cuauhtémoc
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monument to Cuauhtémoc is an 1887 monument dedicated to the last Mexica ruler of Tenochtitlan Cuauhtémoc, located at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonia Juárez and Zona Rosa.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east.
Zona Rosa
Photo: Virtual Raider, CC BY 2.0.
Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district located in a portion of Colonia Juárez, near the center of Mexico City. It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.
Little Seoul
Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.
San Rafael
- Category: locality
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.43795° or 19° 26′ 17″ northLongitude
-99.16242° or 99° 9′ 45″ westPopulation
19,700Elevation
2,227 metres (7,306 feet)Open location code
76F2CRQQ+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 9041880208OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
13437950
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In Other Languages
“San Rafael” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “San Rafael”
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