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'''Xoco''' is |
'''Xoco''' is a [[List of neighborhoods in Mexico City|neighborhood of Mexico City]] in [[Benito Juárez, D.F.|Benito Juárez borough]]. Xoco was originally a village dating to times before the Spanish conquest.<ref>[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/02/04/opinion/032a1cap "Xoco", ''La Jornada'' (UNAM)]</ref> Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of [[Coyoacán]], and is home to [[Centro Coyoacán]] and Patio Universidad shopping centers and the [[Torre Mitikah]] development, which will be Mexico City's biggest mixed used complex. Xoco is served by the [[Metro Coyoacán|Coyoacán station]] of the [[Mexico City metro]] which belongs to line 3. The national [[cinematheque]], the [[:es:Cineteca Nacional|Cineteca Nacional]], also stands here and is home to a cemetery, the Panteón de Xoco, the IMER, the Instituto Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, and the Roberto Cantoral concert hall.<ref>[http://www.timeoutmexico.mx/df/arte-cultura/panteon-de-xoco "Panteón de Xoco", ''Time Out México'']</ref> |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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* [[Instituto Simón Bolívar (Mexico)|Instituto Simón Bolívar]]<ref>"[http://www.isb.edu.mx/ubicacion/ Dirección]" ({{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PysQzWRo?url=http://www.isb.edu.mx/ubicacion/ |date=2014-05-31 }}). [[Instituto Simón Bolívar (Mexico)|Instituto Simón Bolívar]]. Retrieved on May 31, 2014. "Mayorazgo de Solís no. 65, Col. Xoco Del. Benito Juárez CP. 03330 Distrito Federal."</ref> |
* [[Instituto Simón Bolívar (Mexico)|Instituto Simón Bolívar]]<ref>"[http://www.isb.edu.mx/ubicacion/ Dirección]" ({{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PysQzWRo?url=http://www.isb.edu.mx/ubicacion/ |date=2014-05-31 }}). [[Instituto Simón Bolívar (Mexico)|Instituto Simón Bolívar]]. Retrieved on May 31, 2014. "Mayorazgo de Solís no. 65, Col. Xoco Del. Benito Juárez CP. 03330 Distrito Federal."</ref> |
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* Colegio Buckingham |
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* Colegio Handel |
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== Notable people born in Xoco == |
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* Sir Eduardo Garzón-Sobrado, Academician, Art Historian, French history & Napoleonic scholar. |
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Revision as of 00:05, 31 January 2018
Xoco is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. Xoco was originally a village dating to times before the Spanish conquest.[1] Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of Coyoacán, and is home to Centro Coyoacán and Patio Universidad shopping centers and the Torre Mitikah development, which will be Mexico City's biggest mixed used complex. Xoco is served by the Coyoacán station of the Mexico City metro which belongs to line 3. The national cinematheque, the Cineteca Nacional, also stands here and is home to a cemetery, the Panteón de Xoco, the IMER, the Instituto Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, and the Roberto Cantoral concert hall.[2]
Education
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Private schools:
- Instituto Simón Bolívar[3]
- Colegio Buckingham
- Colegio Handel
References==
- ^ "Xoco", La Jornada (UNAM)
- ^ "Panteón de Xoco", Time Out México
- ^ "Dirección" (Archived 2014-05-31 at WebCite). Instituto Simón Bolívar. Retrieved on May 31, 2014. "Mayorazgo de Solís no. 65, Col. Xoco Del. Benito Juárez CP. 03330 Distrito Federal."