Churubusco
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".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico
- Also known as: “Huitzilopochco”, “Prado Churubusco”, and “San Diego Churubusco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frida Kahlo Museum and Leon Trotsky House Museum.
Frida Kahlo Museum
Museum
Photo: Nachtwächter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Leon Trotsky House Museum
Museum
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The Leon Trotsky House Museum, Trotsky Museum, or Trotsky House Museum, is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City.
General Anaya metro station
Metro station
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General Anaya is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre in the median of Calzada de Tlalpan, and right next to the Estudios Churubusco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xoco and Colonia de La Candelaria.
Xoco
Quarter
Xoco is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. Xoco was originally a village dating to before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of Coyoacán.
Colonia de La Candelaria
Quarter
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Colonia de La Candelaria is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km south of Churubusco.
San Lorenzo Xochimanca
Quarter
Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Lorenzo Xochimanca was a pre-Hispanic village and hacienda located in what is now the Colonia del Valle area of Mexico City. San Lorenzo Xochimanca is situated 3½ km northwest of Churubusco.
Churubusco
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Coyoacán, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.35573° or 19° 21′ 21″ northLongitude
-99.149° or 99° 8′ 56″ westElevation
2,246 metres (7,369 feet)Open location code
76F29V42+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 11261677456OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Churubusco” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Churubusco”
- French: “Churubusco”
- German: “Churubusco”
- German: “Huichilibusco”
- Japanese: “チュルブスコ”
- Spanish: “Churubusco”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Churubusco”. Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.