August 12, 1991
Guelatao station of the Mexico City Metro, the rapid transit system serving the metropolitan area of Mexico’s capital, first went into service. This station was one of 10 constituting Line A of the system to be opened on the same date.
Line A, which is also known as the Purple Line, became the ninth of the Mexico City Metro’s 12 lines to be formally inaugurated. Guelatao station is specifically located in Iztapalapa, a borough in the eastern part of Mexico City.
This station was named after the town of San Pablo Guelatao (widely called Guelatao), which is approximately 324.4 miles (522 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City in the state of Oaxaca. Guelatao was the birthplace of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), a towering figure who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. As a member of the Zapotecs — a people native to Oaxaca — Juárez made history as Mexico’s first indigenous president.
A pictogram featuring Juárez is prominently displayed at the Mexico City Metro station that bears the name of his hometown. The image of him in this artwork is based on the colossal sculpture of his head that has been placed atop Museo Cabeza de Juárez, a nearby monument and museum there in Iztapalapa.
Line A of the Mexico City Metro covers a total of 9.3 miles (14.9 kilometers) between the line’s northern terminus at Pantitlán station in the city’s boroughs of Iztacalco and Venustiano Carranza; and the southern endpoint at the La Paz station in the municipality of La Paz.
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For more information on Guelatao station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelatao_metro_station
Additional information on Line A of the Mexico City Metro is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_Metro_Line_A
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