Colonia Centro

Colonia Centro is a neighborhood in , and has about 61,200 residents. Colonia Centro is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Museo del Estanquillo.

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.

Museum
Photo: PetrohsW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is located in the Historic Center of Mexico City, Mexico. The museum houses the personal collection of the writer Carlos Monsiváis, encompassing paintings, photography, toys, albums, calendars, advertising and books.

Theater building
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The is a prominent cultural center in . It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

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.

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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . 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.

Colonia Centro

Latitude
19.43245° or 19° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
-99.13609° or 99° 8′ 10″ west
Population
61,200
Open location code
76F2CVJ7+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5035855555
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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