Barrio Chino (Mexico City)
Neighborhood of Mexico City in Cuauhtémoc / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barrio Chino (Chinese: 墨西哥城唐人街; Pinyin: Mòxīgē chéng tángrénjiē) is a barrio located in the downtown area of Mexico City, near the Alameda Central and Palacio de Bellas Artes. Barrio Chino exists primarily on two blocks along Dolores Street and one block east and west of the street. There was an expulsion of the ethnic Chinese in the 1930s and since then the ethnic Chinese have mixed and dispersed with the local population.[1] According to the government of Mexico City, about 3,000 families in the city have Chinese heritage.[2] In many parts of the older sections of the city, there are “cafes de chinos” (Chinese cafes), which are eateries that serve Chinese and Mexican food.[1] The buildings in Barrio Chino are no different from the rest of the city, but businesses here are either restaurants or importers. Most of the shops and restaurants here had abundant Chinese-style decorations and altars, but statues of the Virgin of Guadalupe and San Judas Tadeo (a popular saint in Mexico) can be seen as well.[3]
Barrio Chino | |
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Coordinates: 19.4320°N 99.1427°W / 19.4320; -99.1427 | |
Country | Mexico |
City | Mexico City |
Borough | Cuauhtémoc |