Little Seoul
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.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: Koreantown in Mexico City
- Also known as: “Barrio Coreano” and “Pequeño Seúl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapultepec and Angel of Independence.
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.
Angel of Independence
Photo: Cvmontuy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Parish of the Holy Child of Peace
Church
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parish of the Holy Child of Peace is a historic church located near Paseo de la Reforma and Zona Rosa in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico. It is also known as Praga Parish because it is found on Praga 11 Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zona Rosa and Colonia Juárez.
Zona Rosa
Photo: Virtual Raider, CC BY 2.0.
Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district 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.
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.
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.
Little Seoul
- Categories: Koreatown and locality
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.42402° or 19° 25′ 27″ northLongitude
-99.16937° or 99° 10′ 10″ westOpen location code
76F2CRFJ+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 12385437007OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q16242883
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Little Seoul” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “小首尔”
- Esperanto: “Malgranda Seulo”
- Korean: “Jageun Seoul”
- Korean: “작은 서울”
- Korean: “페케뇨 세울”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pequeño Seúl”
- Norwegian: “Pequeño Seúl”
- Spanish: “Pequeño Seúl”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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