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Escuadrón 201 metro station

Metro station

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Escuadrón 201 is a metro station in Mexico City, Mexico. It is located in the city's eastern Iztapalapa borough, close to the intersection of Eje 3 Oriente and Eje 8 Sur.

Mexicaltzingo metro station

Metro station

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Mexicaltzingo is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. The station is located between Ermita and Atlalilco. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.

Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos

Museum

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Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos is a museum.

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Pueblo Culhuacán

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Pueblo Culhuacán is an officially designated neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, which used to be a major pre-Hispanic city. Ancient Culhuacán was founded around 600 CE and the site has been continuously occupied since. Pueblo Culhuacán is situated 3 km south of Popular.

Churubusco

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Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". Churubusco is situated 3½ km west of Popular.

Coyoacán

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This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.

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