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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Marchers at the 2009 Gay Pride Parade Amberes street in Mexico City's Zona Rosa is lined with gay bars. Another prominent area is Amberes Street, home to Mexico City's gay community. [6] This community was established in the 1990s due to the area's overall tolerance and the fact that police here did not extort members of the gay community. [19]
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.
The neighborhood was developed by the Alemán family (that of Mexico's president Miguel Alemán Valdés) in the late years of the 1930s.. Since then, San José Insurgentes has been home to several public figures including president Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, actress María Félix and singer Jorge Negrete. [4]