Verónica Castro is a small neighborhood (colonia) of
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
in the
Gustavo A. Madero borough.
Topography
Because of the neighborhood's mountainside location, the narrow streets are steeply inclined and there is a large, rocky hillside space that is undeveloped. Development on these steep hillsides increases the risk of collapse and danger to inhabitants. Consequently residents have built their own masonry retaining walls to help stabilize the hillside.
[Atlas de Peligros y Riesgo de la Ciudad de Mexico: Gustavo A. Madero (2014) http://www.sadsma.cdmx.gob.mx:9000/datos/storage/app/media/docpub/atlasriesgo/MR_Gustavo_A_Madero.pdf]
Boundaries
The northern limit of the colonia is between Calle La Canadá and Calle 21o. de Marzo, where it borders Colonia
Malacates Ampilation. The southern limit is Calle Pirules where it borders
Colonia Parque Metropolitano.
The eastern limit is primarily Calle Alcatraz where it borders
Colonia Forestal
Colonia may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Colonia (music group), a Croatian dance music group
* ''Colonia'' (Autopsia album), 2002
* ''Colonia'' (A Camp album), 2009
* ''Colonia'' (film), a 2015 historical romantic thriller
Places
*Colonia ...
. The western limit is primarily Calle 20 de Noviembre where it borders Colonia
Malacates
Malacates is the northernmost neighborhood of Mexico City in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, built at the foot of the mountains of the Sierra de Guadalupe. The main draw of Malacates is as an entryway to the Sierra de Guadalupe Protected Natur ...
.
References
Neighborhoods in Mexico City
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
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