Miraflores Explained

Miraflores is the name of several places in Spanish-speaking countries. It means "behold the flowers" or "flowers view" from mirar ("to look at, to watch") and flores ("flowers"). It is commonly used as a name for a region or neighborhood that is considered especially beautiful or ornate.

Places

Caribbean

• Miraflores, Distrito Nacional, a sector in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Miraflores, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio
• Miraflores, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio

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
• Miraflores, a neighbourhood and train station in Zaragoza, 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 Garín, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Miraflores, La Paz, in 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 (disambiguation), several districts in Peru

United States

• Miraflores, California, a community inside of Anaheim
• Miraflores Park, Texas, the historic garden of Aureliano Urrutia that is now an annex of Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas

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

Other uses

• Miraflores Altarpiece, a 15th-century triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden
• Battle of Miraflores, in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru
• CB Miraflores, a basketball club in Burgos, Spain