Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac
Insurgentes Mixcoac | |
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Benito Juárez | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 5,184[1] |
| Postal code | 03920 |
Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac, or simply Insurgentes Mixcoac, is a neighborhood located in
Location
Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac is located in the
The neighborhood is bordered by:[2][3]
- Empresa street on the north, across which is Colonia Extremadura Insurgentes and Colonia San Juan
- Av. Revolución on the west, across which is Mixcoac
- Av. Río Mixcoac on the south, across which is San José Insurgentes
- Avenida de los Insurgentes Sur on the east, across which is Colonia del Valle Sur and Colonia Actipan
Trivia
The Augusto Rodin street was used as a location in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing, that was shot through different locations of Mexico City, used to depict the post-1973 coup d'état Chile.
Culture
The neighborhood houses the Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo, a cultural centre that hosts several cultural activities such as expositions, music and dance. The house was built in 1912 by orders of Porfirio Díaz, Mexican president at the time, to serve as town hall of the Mixcoac municipality. In 1975, it was transformed into the cultural centre.[4]
Education
Insurgentes Mixcoac is home to two private universities:
The neighborhood also has a secondary school: Escuela Secundaria Diurna No. 10 Leopoldo Ayala (Secondary School No. 10 Leopoldo Ayala).
Transportation
Public transportation
The area is served by the
Metro stations
- Mixcoac
Metrobús stations
Félix Cuevas- Río Churubusco
References
- ^ "Densidad habitacional por colonia". Portal de Datos Abiertos de la CDMX (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Nuestra Demarcación" (Our borders), Delegación Benito Juárez website, archive of 2013-08-12
- ^ Mapa de colonias de la Delegación Benito Juárez (Map of colonias of the Benito Juárez borough
- ^ "Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo : Casas y centros culturales México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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