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3 unusual facts about Polanco


Mexican Red Cross

In 1968, Mexican Red Cross's main hospital opened in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City.

Polanco, Mexico City

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In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the majority of Mexico City's Jews moved from Condesa, Roma and the Downtown to Polanco, Lomas de Chapultepec, Interlomas, Bosques de las Lomas, and Tecamachalco, where the majority are now based.


Avenida Río San Joaquín

Avenida Río San Joaquín is an elevated freeway in Mexico City extending from the Anillo Periférico beltway just outside the Mexican Federal District in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, in the west, to Avenida General Mariano Escobedo, in the east, at the juncture of the Polanco, Nuevo Polanco (Colonia Granada), and Anzures areas, continuing eastwards as Avenida Ejercito Nacional towards the Circuito Interior.

Geovanny Polanco

Geovanny Polanco (also spelled Jhovanny, Yhovanny, Yovanny, or Jovanny) is a merengue tipico accordionist from Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Nagua, Dominican Republic.

Lycée Franco-Mexicain

It is one of the largest French Lycées in the world with over 3000 students in two campuses, Polanco in northern Mexico City and Coyoacán in the South, there is also another dependency located in the city of Cuernavaca, capital of the state of Morelos, called École Molière de Cuernavaca.


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