Álvaro Obregón is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It contains a large portion of the south-west part of Mexico City. It had a 2010 census population of 727,034 inhabitants and lies at an elevation of 2,319 m. above sea level. It was named after Álvaro Obregón, a leader of the Mexican Revolution and an early-20th-century Mexican president, who was assassinated in this area. Its former name is San Ángel, and the historic San Ángel neighborhood still retains this name, as does the Televisa San Angel motion picture and... television studio, which is located in this borough. The borough of Álvaro Obregon is located in the West of the Federal District, and has a land surface of 96.17 km², with an elongated shape from Northeast to Southeast. It borders Miguel Hidalgo borough to the North, Benito Juarez and Coyoacán to the East, Magdalena Contreras, Tlalpan and Jalatlacalco municipality to the South and Cuajimalpa to the West.
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| Country: | Mexico |
| Population: | 706,567 |
| Area: | 37.1 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Alvaro Obregon, D.F., Álvaro Obregón |