Tacubaya

For the Mexico City Metro station, see Tacubaya metro station. For the Metrobús station, see Tacubaya (Mexico City Metrobús).
Not to be confused with Tacuba, Mexico City.
Tacubaya
Neighborhood of Mexico City
Official seal of Tacubaya
Seal
Tacubaya is located in Mexico City Central
Tacubaya
Tacubaya
Location in central/western Mexico City
Coordinates: 19°24′06″N 99°11′18″W / 19.4016398°N 99.1883337°W / 19.4016398; -99.1883337
Country Mexico
City Mexico City
MunicipalityMiguel Hidalgo
Population
 (2005)- only Colonia Tacubaya[1]
 • Total7,964
Tacubaya
Municipality of Mexico
16th century–1928
History 
• Established
16th century
• Disestablished
1928
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Atlacuihuayan
Central Department (Mexico)

Tacubaya is a working-class area of Mexico City in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. The colonia Tacubaya and adjacent areas in other colonias are collectively referred to as Tacubaya. San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza, and Ampliación Daniel Garza are also considered part of Tacubaya.[2]

The area has been inhabited since the fifth century BC. Its name comes from Nahuatl, meaning “where water is gathered.”[3] From the colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century, Tacubaya was an separate entity to Mexico City and many of the city’s wealthy residents, including viceroys, built residences there to enjoy the area’s scenery. From the mid-19th century on, Tacubaya began to urbanize both due to the growth of Mexico City and the growth of its own population.[4] Along with this urbanization, the area has degraded into one of the poorer sections of the city and contains the La Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City), a shantytown where people live in shacks of cardboard and other materials.[5] Many of the mansions that were built here in the 19th century remain, such as the Casa Amarilla and Casa de la Bola,[6] but most Mexico City residents are familiar with it due to its transportation hub on Avenida Jalisco where the Metro, Metrobus and many street buses converge.[7]

Tacubaya was designated a "Barrio Mágico" in 2011.[8]

  1. ^ "Estadisticas:Desarrollo Social por Colonia", Miguel Hidalgo borough website, retrieved 2014-07-07 Archived 2014-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference desc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Tacubaya" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Mexico City Metro. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Sosa Ruiz, Andrés (December 2008). "Tacubaya, de suburbio veraniego a ciudad" [Tacubaya, from suburb to true city] (PDF). Investigaciones Geográficas (Mx) (in Spanish). 67. Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma de Mexico: 150–152. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Serrano, Miguel Ángel (January 5, 2007). "Muere mujer calcinada al incendiarse casas precarias" [Woman diez when precarious houses burn]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  6. ^ "Ruta Turística Parque Lira y Tacubaya" [Parque Lira and Tacubaya Tourist Route] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Borough of Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  7. ^ Gutierrez, Pilar (October 21, 2009). "Descansan puestos cerca en Tacubaya" [Retiring stalls near Tacubaya]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 5.
  8. ^ Quintanar Hinojosa, Beatriz, ed. (November 2011). "Mexico Desconocido Guia Especial:Barrios Mágicos" [Mexico Desconocido Special Guide:Magical Neighborhoods]. Mexico Desconocido (in Spanish). Mexico City: Impresiones Aereas SA de CV: 5–6. ISSN 1870-9400.