Chinatown
Barrio Chino is a barrio located in the downtown area of Mexico City, near the Alameda Central and Palacio de Bellas Artes. Barrio Chino exists primarily on two blocks along Dolores Street and one block east and west of the street.Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: neighborhood in Mexico City
- Also known as: “Barrio Chino” and “Chinatown, Mexico City”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Alameda Central.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 330 metres northeast of Chinatown.
Alameda Central
Park
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.
Memory and Tolerance Museum
Museum
Photo: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memory and Tolerance Museum is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, established in 2010. It has exhibits about genocide, including the holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian War, the Guatemalan genocide, the Darfur conflict and the Cambodian genocide. Memory and Tolerance Museum is situated 210 metres northwest of Chinatown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Colonia Juárez.
Centro
Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, 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.
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.
Tlatelolco
Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. 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.
Chinatown
- Categories: Chinatown and tourism
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.43302° or 19° 25′ 59″ northLongitude
-99.14305° or 99° 8′ 35″ westOpen location code
76F2CVM4+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4629093193OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5100149
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “墨西哥城唐人街”
- Spanish: “Barrio chino (ciudad de mexico)”
- Spanish: “Barrio Chino (Ciudad de Mexico)”
- Spanish: “Barrio chino (ciudad de méxico)”
- Spanish: “Barrio chino (Ciudad de México)”
- Spanish: “Barrio Chino (Ciudad de México)”
- Spanish: “Barrio Chino de la ciudad de Mexico”
- Spanish: “Barrio Chino de la ciudad de México”
- Spanish: “Barrio Chino”
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