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San Ángel. In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as colonias.One theory suggests that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was built by a French immigrant colony.
Adjuntas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Adjuntas, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 4,406. [1] [4] [5] [6]As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church.
Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City; Colonia Ampliación Daniel Garza; Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City; Colonia Esperanza, Cuauhtémoc; Colonia Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo; Colonia Federal; Colonia Felipe Pescador; Colonia Florida; Colonia Guerrero; Colonia Juárez, Mexico City; Colonia Maza; Colonia Morelos; Colonia Obrera; Colonia Paulino ...
The area defined by Mexico City's government as the Zona de Santa Fe is 931.64 hectares (3.5971 sq mi) in size and consists of the colonias: [4] Santa Fe de la Loma; Santa Fe, Centro Ciudad; Paseo de las Lomas; Santa Fe Peña Blanca; San Gabriel; Jalalpa el Grande; Jalalpa Tepito 2ª ampliación; Carlos A. Madrazo; Santa Fe Cuajimalpa; Santa Fe ...
The most famous section of Colonia Juarez, Zona Rosa, began as development by Rafael Martínez de la Torre, which he envisioned as a satellite city away from Mexico City catering to the wealthy. At his death in 1882, the project stagnated until Salvador Malo acquired the rights to the area and participated in creating a district council for it.
The buildings mostly consist of houses, whether still used as residences or converted into offices. Being a central neighborhood where the Circuito Interior freeway, Ave. Constituyentes (a main through road to Santa Fe, Toluca and points west), and the Ejes viales 2 and 4 South, the area is saturated with traffic. [2] [3]
Colonia San Rafael is a colonia of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just west of the historic city center.It was established in the late 19th century as one of the first formal neighborhoods outside of the city center and initially catered to the wealthy of the Porfirio Díaz era.
Colonia Buenavista is a colonia or neighbourhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough located northwest of the historic center of Mexico City. What would become the city's main train terminal, Buenavista Station , stood here 1873–1958, and a new Buenavista Station opened in its place in 1961.