Chapultepec Zoo
Chapultepec Zoo is a zoo located in Chapultepec Park; it is one of four zoos near Mexico City, and the best known Mexican zoo. It was founded July 6, 1923, by Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera using donations from private citizens and governmental funds from the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, and also with funds from the Society of Biological Studies.Photo: Nonbeach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Mexico City
- Also known as: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapultepec and National Museum of Anthropology.
Chapultepec
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapultepec is Mexico City's principal park, "the green lung of the city". This hill has been important throughout the city's history as the perch of fortresses and palaces, and the manicured forest surrounding it now holds many of Mexico's greatest cultural treasures.
National Museum of Anthropology
Museum
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The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, the museum contains… National Museum of Anthropology is situated 440 metres northeast of Chapultepec Zoo.
Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola
Museum
Photo: Jesman 007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casa del Lago was instituted in 1959 as the first off-campus Cultural Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. It is characterized by its extraordinary ability to promote the cultural and generational encounter between the vanguard and tradition. Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola is situated 400 metres east of Chapultepec Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polanco and San Miguel Chapultepec.
Polanco
Photo: Matthew Rutledge, CC BY 2.0.
Polanco refers to an area of Mexico City north of Chapultepec Park. It is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Mexico City and commands some of the highest real estate prices, and offers a wide range of upscale boutiques, restaurants and numerous art galleries.
San Miguel Chapultepec
Quarter
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San Miguel Chapultepec is a colonia or neighborhood in Delegación Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City. Its borders are: The colonia's streets carry the names of generals and governors of Mexico.
Condesa
Neighborhood
Photo: Keizers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square.
Chapultepec Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.4233° or 19° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-99.18955° or 99° 11′ 22″ westHeight
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
76F2CRF6+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 189976015OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q3375717
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Chapultepec Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Chapultepec動物園”
- Chinese: “查帕特派克动物园”
- Chinese: “查普尔特佩克动物园”
- Chinese: “查普爾特佩克動物園”
- Dutch: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات تشابولتيبيك”
- French: “zoo de Chapultepec”
- French: “Zoo de Chapultepec”
- French: “Zoo de Mexico”
- German: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Italian: “zoo di Chapultepec”
- Japanese: “チャプルテペック動物園”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Norwegian: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Chapultepec “Alfonso L. Herrera””
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Chapultepec “Alfonso L. Herrera””
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Chapultepec”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Chapultepec”
- Turkish: “Chapultepec Hayvanat Bahçesi”
- Uzbek: “Chapultepec hayvonot bog’i”
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