Coyoacán

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Location of Coyoacán within the Mexican Federal District

Jardín Centenario

Plaza Hidalgo

Coyoacán ("Place of the coyotes" in Nahuatl) 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.

Although geographically located in the center of the Distrito Federal, Coyoacán for many years has been considered to be in 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 Meso American times Coyoacan was a town of its own and a major center of trade on the shores of Lake Texcoco. It remained a separate town until 1950, when it was swallowed up by the burgeoning conurbation of Mexico City. Centered on two busy squares, Jardín Centenario and Plaza Hidalgo, the district's main square, is a higher middle-class suburb, with certain bohemian and artistic undertones.

It was home to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and also to Leon Trotsky, and the houses they lived in are now both museums. It is served by Metro lines 2 and 3.

Coyoacán is a Sister City of Arlington County, Virginia, USA.