Xoco
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: Mexico City colonia
- Also known as: “Colonia Xoco” and “San Sebastián Xoco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frida Kahlo Museum and Coyoacán metro station.
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.
Coyoacán metro station
Railway station
Photo: GAED, Public domain.
Coyoacán is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City. It is at the intersection of Universidad and Coyoacán avenues.
Leon Trotsky House Museum
Museum
Photo: Tonatiuh101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coyoacán and Churubusco.
Coyoacán
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.
Churubusco
Quarter
Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
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".
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.
Xoco
- Categories: Mexico City colonia and locality
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.36019° or 19° 21′ 37″ northLongitude
-99.16687° or 99° 10′ 1″ westElevation
2,257 metres (7,405 feet)Open location code
76F29R6M+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 11261657152OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Scots to Spanish—“Xoco” goes by many names.
- Scots: “Xoco”
- Spanish: “Colonia Xoco”
- Spanish: “Xoco”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capilla de San Sebastián Mártir and Hospital San Angel Inn Universidad.
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