# Chapultepec Zoo

- **Country:** Mexico
- **Coordinates:** 19.423889, -99.189167
- **Area:** 42 acres (17 ha)
- **Opened:** 1924
- **Location:** Chapultepec, Mexico
- **Zoo Name:** Chapultepec Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 1924
- **Num Animals:** 1930
- **Num Species:** 250
- **Logo Caption:** Chapultepec Zoo logo
- **Annual Visitors:** 5500000

Chapultepec Zoo is a zoo located in Chapultepec Park; it is one of four zoos near Mexico City, and the best known Mexican zoo. It was founded July 6, 1923, by Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera using donations from private citizens and governmental funds from the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, and also with funds from the Society of Biological Studies.

![Photo of Chapultepec Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Zool%C3%B3gico_de_Chapultepec_II.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapultepec_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)