Coyoacán is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Coyoacán also is commonly used to refer to the neighborhood at the heart of the borough. The name Coyoacán comes from Nahuatl Coyohuacan, meaning "place where they have coyotes".
Although geographically located in the center of the Distrito Federal, Coyoacán has long been considered to be at the southern end of Mexico City. As the southernmost borou...
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Coyoacán is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Coyoacán also is commonly used to refer to the neighborhood at the heart of the borough. The name Coyoacán comes from Nahuatl Coyohuacan, meaning "place where they have coyotes".
Although geographically located in the center of the Distrito Federal, Coyoacán has long been considered to be at the southern end of Mexico City. As the southernmost boroughs of the city, especially Xochimilco and Tlalpan, have begun to grow, the view of Coyoacán as the south end of the city may begin to change.
In pre-Columbian times, Coyoacán was a town of their own kind and a major center of trade on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco. After the Spanish conquest, Hernán Cortés made his residence there.
It remained a separate town until 1950, when it was swallowed up by the burgeoning conurbation of Mexico City. Centered on two busy squares, Plaza Hidalgo (the district's main square) and Jardín Centenario,...
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