Miraflores

Miraflores is the name of several places in Spanish-speaking countries. It is also the name of a battle fought in Peru in 1881. It means "to watch flowers" or "flower's view" from mira ("watch") and flores ("flowers").

Places

Caribbean

• Miraflores, Distrito Nacional, a sector in the city of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic

Europe

• Miraflores, a neighbourhood near Lisbon, Portugal
• Miraflores, a neighbourhood in Marbella, Spain
• Miraflores de la Sierra, a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain

Mexico

• Miraflores, Baja California Sur, a town in the municipality of Los Cabos, Mexico

South America

• Miraflores, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Argentina
• Miraflores, Chaco, a village and municipality in Argentina
• Miraflores Private Neighborhood, in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Miraflores Neighborhood, in La Paz, Bolivia
• Miraflores (Chile), a residential suburb in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region, Chile
• Miraflores, Guaviare, a town and municipality in Colombia
• Miraflores, Boyacá, a town and municipality in Colombia
• Miraflores (Ecuador), a residential quarter in Ambato, Ecuador
• Miraflores, a city sector of Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Miraflores District, Lima, one of the 43 subdivisions of the city of Lima, Peru

United States

• Miraflores, California, a ghost town

Structures

• Miraflores Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain
• Miraflores (Panama), a lock in the Panama canal
• Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela.
• Museo Miraflores, an archeological museum in Guatemala City

Art

• Miraflores Altarpiece, a 15th-century triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden

Events

• Battle of Miraflores, in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru

Sports

• CB Miraflores, a basketball club in Burgos, Spain

See also

• Miraflores District (disambiguation)