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Xochimilco ( Spanish pronunciation: [ʃotʃiˈmilko]; Classical Nahuatl: Xōchimīlco, pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːlko] listen ⓘ) is a borough ( demarcación territorial) of Mexico City. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the ...
Historic center of Mexico City, Xochimilco and Central University City Campus of the UNAM: Type: Cultural: Criteria: i, ii, iii, iv, v: Designated: 1987, 2007 (11th, 31st sessions) Reference no. 412, 1250: Region: Latin America and the Caribbean ^ b. Area of Mexico City that includes non-urban areas at the south
Coordinates: 19°16′59.21″N 99°5′46.81″W. View from one of the canals in the park. Xochimilco Ecological Park and Plant Market is a natural reserve or park, with a 13-hectare (32-acre) plant market, the largest in Latin America. The park and market are located in the southern Mexico City borough of Xochimilco, about 23 km south of the ...
The country ranks first in the Americas and seventh worldwide by number of Heritage sites. Mexico's first six sites, Sian Ka'an, Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco, Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological site of Monte Albán, and Historic Centre ...
Lake Xochimilco, in a detail from the 1847 Bruff/Disturnell map The Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest, c. 1519. Lake Xochimilco (Spanish pronunciation: [sotʃiˈmilko]; Nahuatl languages: Xōchimīlco, pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːlko] listen ⓘ) is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City.
The Basin of Mexico covers approximately 9,600 km 2 (3,700 sq mi) in the NNE-SSW direction with length to width dimensions of approximately 125 km (78 mi) to 75 km (47 mi) The Valley of Mexico can be subdivided into four basins, but the largest and most-studied is the area that contains Mexico City.
The historic center of Mexico City ( Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México ), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. [2]
Xochimilco was the most important city of the Xochimilca people, one of the Nahua tribes that migrated to the Mesoamerica region. At the same time it was the name of the altepetl of this group and historically referred to both interchangebly. [1] The city was founded around 900 AD. It grew to become an important city in the Valley of Mexico ...