Colonia Obrera

Obrera
Neighborhood of Mexico City
Backlighting photograph of San José de los Obreros church
Location of Colonia Obrera (in red) within Cuauhtémoc borough
Country	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Borough	Cuauhtémoc
Population  (2010)
• Total	35,224[1]
Postal code	06800

Colonia Obrera is an administrative neighborhood of the borough of Cuauhtémoc in the center of Mexico City. It was established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became home to many artisans and industrial workmen. Up to the early 1980s, a number of sewing factories were still located here, but the 1985 Mexico City earthquake destroyed many, including the Topeka factory in which many of the seamstresses died inside. Today, the area has a high crime rate but there have been efforts to revitalize it.