The Cuernavaca Municipality is one of 36 municipalities in the State of

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

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. Located in the northwest of the state, it consists of the City of Cuernavaca, which is the state and municipal capital, as well as other, smaller towns. The population is 378,476 (2020).

Geography

Location

The municipality of Cuernavaca is located in the northwest of the state of Morelos, south of Mexico City via

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. To the north is the municipality of Huitzilac, to the south are the municipalities of

Temixco Temixco is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at in the west-northwest part of the state. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The municipality rep ...

and

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; Huitzilac,

Tepoztlán Tepoztlán () is a town in the central Mexican state of Morelos. It is located at in the heart of the Tepoztlán Valley. The town serves as the seat of government for the municipality of the same name. The town had a population of 14,130 inhabit ...

, and

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are to the east; and Temixco and the municipality of Ocuilan in the

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are to the west. The municipality of Cuernavaca is located at ; it is located within the regions of the

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and the

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Area and land use

The municipality consists of 200.4 km² (77.37 miles²), which is 4.9% of the total area in Morelos. are used for agriculture, for fishing, for urban areas, and forest. Forests are located mainly in the north and along the

ravine A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion. Housing use occupies 85% of the urban area. Of the total area of housing use, 33% is residential, medium-type housing represents 20%, popular housing comprises 45%, and high-density social interest housing occupies 2%. Precarious housing is located mainly in the ''Patios de la Estación'' area, on the railroad rights-of-way and in the irregular settlements located on the banks of some canyons and in

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and communal areas mainly northeast of the municipality. Mixed use occupies an area of 796 hectares (10.22% of the urban area) and is located mainly on the urban corridors (Avenida Emiliano Zapata, Avenida Álvaro Obregón, Avenida Morelos, Avenida Domingo Diez, Avenida Plan de Ayala-Paseo Cuauhnáhuac, Colonia Río Mayo, Colonia San Diego etc.) the urban center, the urban sub-centers, and the neighborhood centers (Ocotepec, Atlacomulco, Ahuatepec, Amatitlan, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Tetela, San Jerónimo, Tlaltenango, Acapantzingo, El Calvario, San Antón, Melchor Ocampo, Carolina, Antonio Barona, Palmira, Teopanzolco, etc.) Commercial use is located in the urban center, urban sub-centers and urban corridors, mixed with other uses, there are also important commercial centers in the city that together occupy an area of 81.76 hectares, 1.05% of the total urban area. Industrial use occupies an area of 97.71 hectares, 1.25% of the urban area.

Government

The state of Morelos is divided into five federal electoral districts; Cuernavaca is District 1, represented by Alejandro Mojica Toledo in the

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(2018-2021). The state legislature consists of twenty deputies, divided into twelve districts and eight deputies elected by proportional vote. Alejandra Flores Espinoza ( PES) represents District 1 and Hector Javier García Chavez represents District 2 in Cuernavaca. The government of the municipality of Cuernavaca corresponds to its City Council, which is made up of the Municipal President, a Trustee (Spanish: ''Sindico'') and a council made up of fifteen councilors (Spanish: ''regidores''); ten are elected by majority vote and five by proportional vote. The current municipal president is Francisco Antonio Villalobos Adán and the trustee is Marisol Becerra De La Fuente.

Municipal presidents

;Dates unknown: *José Gabriel Hernández *Manuel Fiz *Agustín Muñoz *Bernabé Castillo *Juan López *Juan Alarcón *Bernardino León y Vélez *Pedro Patiño Ixtolinque *Felipe Escorza *Bernabé L. De Elías (15 years) *Quirino Manzanares *Clemente Carpintero *Cristóbal Figueroa *Román Vasco *Crisóforo Albarrán *Margarito Garduño *Ismael Velazco *Benigno Arellano *Ignacio Flores ;Constitutional presidents *(1929 - 1930): Salvador S. Saavedra ( PRN). *(1930 - 1931): Ignacio Oliveros *(1931): Crisóforo Albarran *(1931 - 1932): Juan Olavarría *(1933 - 1934): Julio Adán *(1935 - 1936): Lucio Villasana *(1937 - 1938): Manuel Gándara Mendieta *(1939 - 1940): Alfonso Alemán *(1940 - 1942): Manuel Aranda *(1943 - 1944): José Cuevas *(1945 - 1946): Matías Polanco Castro *(1946 - 1948): Gilberto García Pacheco *(1949 - 1950): Luis Sedano Montes *(1950): Luis Flores Sobral *(1951 - 1952): Luis Alarcón González *(1952 - 1955): Eduardo Díaz Garcilazo *(1955 - 1956): Felipe Rivera Crespo *(1957 - 1958): Manuel Dehesa *(1958 - 1961): Lorenzo Jiménez *(1961 - 1963): Sergio Jiménez Benítez *(1963 - 1964): Modesto Reyes Ramírez *(1964 - 1967): Valentín López González *(1967 - 1969): Felipe Rivera Crespo . *(1969 - 1970): Crisóforo Ocampo *(1970 - 1973): Ramón Hernández Navarro *(1973 - 1976): David Jiménez González *(1976 - 1979): Porfirio Flores Ayala *(1979 - 1982): José Castillo Pombo *(1982 - 1985): Sergio Figueroa Campos *(1985 - 1988): Juan Salgado Brito *(1988): Eloisa Guadarrama *(1988 - 1990): Julio Mitre *(1990 - 1991): Sergio Estrada Cajigal *(1991 - 1994): Luis Flores Ruiz *(1994 - 1997): Alfonso Sandoval Camuñas *(1997 - 1997): Sara Olivia Parra Téllez *(1997 - 2000): Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez . *(2000): Oscar Sergio Hernández Benítez *(2000 - 2003): José Raúl Hernández Ávila *(2003 - 2006): Adrián Rivera Pérez *(2006): Norma Alicia Popoca Sotelo *(2006 - 2009): Jesús Giles Sánchez *(2009): Joaquín Roque González Cerezo *(2009 - 2012): Manuel Martínez Garrigós *(2012): Rogelio Sánchez Gatica *(2012 - 2015): Jorge Morales Barud (CPM-

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). *(2015 - 2018):

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( PSD). *(2018): Denisse Arizmendi Villegas (PSD) *(2019–present): Francisco Antonio Villalobos Adán

Delegations, towns, and colonies

For administrative purposes, the municipality is divided into eight delegations: Emiliano Zapata, Mariano Matamoros, Lázaro Cárdenas, Benito Juárez, Plutarco Elías Calles, Antonio Barona, Miguel Hidalgo, and Vicente Guerrero. There are 242 municipal assistants. There are 242 towns and colonies in Cuernavaca, including:

Acapantzingo

''Acapantzingo'' is divided into different colonias (neighborhoods) and fraccionamientos (subdivisions), including: ''Colonia San Miguel Acapantzingo, Ejido de Acapantzingo, Fracc. Jacarandas, Fracc. Jardines de Acapantzingo, Fracc. Los Cisos, Pueblo de Acapantzingo'', and ''Tabachines''. The ''Pueblo of Acapantzingo'' is one of the four original communities that made up the city just before and during the Conquest. The

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of Acapantzingo is south of downtown Cuernavaca; it and Tabachines are east of the Cuernavaca freeway bypass; the other neighborhoods are west of it. There were settlements in today's Acapantzingo as early as 1500

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mentions that

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(which Díaz del Castillo called "Cuautlavaca.") and his troops camped in the orchards of Acapantzingo the night of April 13, 1521, after the conquest of Cuahuhahuac.

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established the ″Casa Chica″ for ''La India Bonita'' at a

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(estate) in Acapatzingo he called "El Olindo; The estate was burned by troops loyal to

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and lay abandoned until it was rebuilt and reopened as the ''Jardín Etnobotánico de Morelos'' (Morelos Botanical Garden) and the ''Museo de Medicina Tradicional y Herbolaria'' (Museum of Traditional and Herbal Medicine) under the auspiecies of INAH in 1962. Across from the botanical garden is the parish church of San Miguel Arcangel, built in the 18th century. The feast of St. Michael the Archangel (September 29) is the most important feast day in the neighborhood; other saints venerated are San Isidro (May 15), San Diego Alcalá (November 12), and

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(December 12). The ''Parque Ecológico San Miguel Acapatzingo'' (Ecological Park) is located at the former site of the state penitentiary, and features a dancing fountain and jogging path, and since 2009 the Hands-on ''Museo de Ciencias de Morelos'' (Morelos Science Museum). The ejido of Acapantzingo is home to the Cuernavaca's spring fair (canceled in 2018 and 2019 due to crime and in 2020 due to the

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). There are two universities and an athletic field in Acapantzingo. The gated colony of Los Tabachines surrounds a golf course. Acapantzingo was included in the list of colonias with high infection rates during the

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Ahuatepec

Located along the highway to Tepoztlan north of Cuernavaca, the town of :es:Ahuatepec was established in precolonial times. The church of San Nicolás Tolentino was founded in the 16th century and holds the remains of Zapatista general Antonio Barona (1886-1915). The neighborhoods Los Limoneros, Jardines de Ahuatepec, La Herradura, México Lindo, Jardines de Zoquipa, Tlaltecuáhuitl, Papayos, el Universo, Villa Santiago, Naranjos, Copalito, Alarcón,Bello Orizonte, Agua Zarca, and others are found in Ahuatepec. The Benedictine monastery Nuestra Señora de los Angeles was founded in 1966. Radio station

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( 107.7 FM) broadcasts from Ahuatepec. Lomas de Ahuatepec has a population of 1,668 (2020). Fraccionamiento Lomas de Ahuatlán has 9,522 inhabitants.

Alarcón

Colonia Alarcón is located southeast of Cuernavaca and has 533 inhabitants. It is located at above sea level. 6.94% of the population is indigenous and 3.0% speak an indigenous language.

Amatitlán

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is one of the original twelve ''barrios'' of Cuernavaca. The

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church of San Luis Obispo dominates this town, which also known for a remnants of a colonial aqueduct. Bernaldino del Castillo, who accompanied

on the

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, founded a sugar cane plantation on 37 hectares of land in Amatitlan in the 16th century; part of this hacienda today form a hotel. The Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano is also located in Amatitlan.

Antonio Barona

Colonia Antonio Barona is located in the northeastern part of the city, southwest of Federal Highway 95D, from the center of the city. It is a large neighborhood, with 3,340 mostly working-class residents in the First Section alone. The neighborhood was founded while Rodolfo López de Nava was governor of Morelos (1952-1958). A group of citizens from Ahuatepec, led by Enedino and Salvador Montiel Barona, (from the family of General :es:Antonio Barona Rojas), supported by lawyer Cristobal Rojas, fought to regain communal lands that had been stolen from them. Although the communalists feared Governor López de Nava, they had secured the support of former president

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, and they managed to seize control of the land. Enedino Montiel Barona was later assassinated. Colonia Barona gained notoriety in May

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as the community with the most infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morlos (27 of 171 in the municipality and 405 in the state). The state reported 4,533 confirmed cases and 908 deaths on August 10, 2020. The neighborhood also suffers from a high crime rate, exemplified by a shooting that killed eight and wounded 15 at a funeral on September 1,

Bosques de la Florida

Colonia Bosques de la Florida is southeast of Cuernavaca. It is located at above sea level. 14.29% of the 98 inhabitants are indignous and 9.18% speak an indigenous language.

Buena Vista del Monte

Buenavista del Monte is located west of Cuernavaca. It has 1,135 inhabitants and is located at above sea level. Buena Vista del Monte was included in the list of colonias with high infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Carolina

Colonia Carolina is located northwest of downtown Cuernavaca, covering . It is known for its large market, the colonial-era St. John of the Lakes church (Spanish: ''San Juan de los Lagos''), the athletic complex ''Unidad Deportiva

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'' which includes the city's baseball field, and the cemetery ''La Leona.'' The neighborhood festival is held on February 2,

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Day. The city′s first

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was located in Carolina. During the 19th century, the street where the market is located was called "Calzada de las Fábricas", because three factories distilled

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(firewater). One factory-owner had a daughter named "Carolina," hence the name of the distillery and the neighborhood. A second distillery, called "El Rancho" was owned by Ramón del Portillo y Gómez, who also owned the haciendas of Buena Vista, Chiconcuac, El Puente, and Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (in

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. Agustín Robalo, owner of the hacienda San Luis Obispo, owned the distillery called "San Sabino," which is located where the bus terminal ''Transportes Estrella Blanca'' is located today. All 34 aguardiente and 14

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distilleries, as well as the haciendas that supported them, fell into disuse during the

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. "La Leona" cemetery was built on land donated by Eugenio de Jesús Cañas (1848-1923), the owner of "Rancho Atzingo." The cemetery contains the final resting place for many, both rich and poor, but the best-known tomb is the ''Casa de los Espejos''. An American named ″Bob″ built the tomb for his beautiful wife in 1930; he covered the walls and ceiling with mirrors so she could appreciate her beauty forever. Bob eventually disappeared, and legend says that the tomb is haunted. Eugenio de Jesús Cañas also constructed a dam and the first electrical turbine in Cuernavaca in the Barranca Leona (English: Leona Ravine) near El Centenario Street. Ruins of the "Dínamo Viejo" can still be seen from the Centenario Bridge today. The Carolina Cultural Center is called ''Los Chocolates'' because it is located in front of what was once the terminal for the bus line of that name. Next to the cemetery is the Miguel Alemán baseball park. Many generations of families learned to play the sport here, but over the years the park hs also hosted musical groups such as El Tri, Zoé,

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, '' Burbujas'', and the clown '' Cepillín''. Fans have witnessed ''

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'' (freestyle wrestling) shows with

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, El Perro Aguayo, and

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. The stadium was used as a testing center during the

. Famous residents: * Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (b. 1960), former

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and current Federal Deputy (); * Lola Beltrán (1932–1996), singer and actress who lived on ''Calle de los Compositores''; * Lupita Dalesio, singer (''Se vende esta casa'') of Calle Xicoténcatl, wife of soccer player Carlos Reynoso; * El "Coruco" Díaz, soccer player; * Rogelio Sánchez Gatica, former prosecutor and former Municipal President of Cuernavaca (); *Víctor Manuel Saucedo Perdomo, local deputy and Secretary General of the Government.

Centenario

Colonia Centenario, located in the north of Cuernavaca, is the home of Centenario Stadium on University Avenue. The

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played at Centarario Stadium in

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, which holds 14,800 spectators. The stadium opened in 1969, and the sports complex includes a soccer field, athletic track, fronton court, gymnasium, weight room, softball fields, and five multi-use courts for tennis, basketball, volleyball, and fast football.

Chapultepec

''Colonia Chapultepec'' is a residential and commercial community south of Avenida Plan de Ayala in eastern Cuernavaca, three km from the center of the city. The Parque Estatal Urbano Barranca de Chapultepec (founded 1931), with its crystal-clear waters, 250-year-old Montezuma cypress trees, aviary, planitarium, petting zoo, and artificial lake is located in the community. Juan Alexis Dubernard Chauveau (b. September 23, 1923 in Coyoacán, Distrito Federal) was an engineer who founded the ″Textiles Morelos″ factory on San Juan Street in 1947. At its height it had 1,900 employees. The Chapultepec factory was closed in 1997 and the property has been converted into a housing development. Dubernard was also known as a historian; as a businessman he founded other factories, the

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middle school across from the Chapultepec factory, as well as several neighborhoods in the city. There are three higher education institutions in Chapultepec: ″Escuela Tecnica Profesional Juventud Femenina″ (a technical school for beauticians),

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School of Nursing of the

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, and ″Escuela Nacional de Técnicos en Urgencias Médicas″. There are two hospitals: IMSS Regional General Hospital No.1 and Hospital Morelos. ″Bodega Aurrera Cuernavaca la Luna″ (a supermarket in Plaza Chapultepec) is the largest commercial enterprise.

Club de Golf

''Colonia Club de Golf'' is a residential community in southern Cuernavaca between ''barrancos'' (ravines) San Francisco, el Pollo and San Antón. The gold club itself opened on March 23, 1934 on of land, dedicated by ''Jefe Meximo''

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with the blessing of President Abelardo L. Rodríguez. It was originally owned by Ramón Llano, then by Virgilio Galindo, and later by Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA).

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, owned by

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, bought the club in 1984. It sponsors an annual tournament during

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. From 1990-1999 it sponsored the ''Copa Challenge Inbursa'' called ''Copa Inbursa'' from 2000-2005 and becoming ''Copa Telmex'' in 2006. The neighborhood includes municipal offices for and the state office of tourism.

Las Colmenas

Fracc. Las Colmenas is a residential area with 883 inhabitants and 200 commercial establishments along Avenida Palmira south of downtown Cuernavaca. Human Corp SIDH, which specializes in human resources, employs 89% of the people who work in the subdivision.

Ricardo Flores Magón

Colonia

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is located exactly west of the geographic center of Cuernavaca and southwest of downtown. 4,140 people live in 1,200 homes; 1,000 small retail stores employ 3,000 people. The ''Unión de Permisionarios del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Mártires del Río Blanco Ruta 2'' is the single largest employer. Most of the neighborhood is east of Federal Highway 95D (freeway) and north of Federal Highway 160 (Cuauhnahuac Boulevard), including Forum Cuernavaca shopping mall.

Gualupita

Colonia Gualupita is located west of the geographic center of Cuernavaca and west of downtown. Twelve burial sites from three distinct pre-Hispanic periods have been found in the area: Early

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(c. 1100-900 BCE), Late Formative period (c. 400-200 BCE), and Morelos Post Classic period (c. 1350–1521). Originally called ''Teomanalco'' (Nahutl: "spring of the gods"), Gualupita is located in what was once the forest of Amanalco. An aqueduct, built in 1773 in use until about 1913, brought water to the Villa (small town) of Cuernavaca. The Carmen Romero Rubio park, later renamed Emiliano Zapata park and finally Melchor Ocampo park, opened in 1897. The colonia also includes Plaza

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

honoring the film actress and long-time resident of Cuernavaca, as well as a Pullman de Morelos bus station.

Las Granjas

Colonia las Granjas is located west of Federal Highway 95D. It has 249 inhabitants in 67 homes, and there are 15 commercial establishments employing 80 people. The Ex-hacienda de Cortes hotel/spa was founded by Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca in 1542.

Jardines de Cuernavaca

939 people live in Jardines de Cuernavaca and 700 work in 60 commercial establishments. Colegio Williams de Cuernavaca, S.C. accounts for 65% of the employees in the zone. The neighborhood includes :es:La Tallera, the former home and workshop of

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, muralist

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Jiquilpan

Colonia Jiquilpan is located northeast of downtown Cuernavaca along Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas. The area has 249 residents and 78 commercial establishments, mostly hotels and restaurants, which employ about 600 people.

Loma de los Amates (Loma de la Lagunilla)

Loma de los Amates is also called Loma de la Lagunilla. It has 470 residents, including 6.81% indigenous. It is west of Cuernavaca. It is located at above sea level.

Rodolfo López de Nava (Los Naranjos)

''Colonia Colonia

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'', also called ''Los Naranjos'', has 489 inhabitants, 5.11% of whom are indigenous. The neighborhood is located at above sea level, southeast of Cuernavaca.

Morelos

''Colonia Morelos'' is a residential community located in the north of the city, just west of

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos The Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, UAEM) is a university in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. It is the largest institution of higher education in Morelos, with facilities statewide. Histor ...

(UAEM). The postal code is 62110.

(1877-1945), president (1924-1928) and Jefe Máximo (Maximum Chief) of the Revolution (1928-1934) ruled Mexico with an iron fist from his home in Colonia Reforma in the 1920s and 1930s.

Ocotepec

Located north of Federal highway 95D is the town of Ocotepec.

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settlements date to the 15th century, when it came under the power of

Cuauhnahuac Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The na ...

. Three of the original ''barrios'' (neighborhoods) date to this era: Candelaria (Tlaneui), founded by Tlahuicas; Dolores (Culhuakan), founded by

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s; and Ramos (Tlakopan), founded by Tecpanecas. The fourth barrio, Santa Cruz (Xalxokotepeazola), was founded in 1970. Ocotepec became part of the

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in 1529. Construction of the Church of the ''Divino Salvador'' (Divine Savior) began in 1536, and after independence it was incorporated into the Cuernavaca municipality. Ocotepec was occupied by North American soldiers during the

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in 1847. The church bells were melted for ammunition during the Mexican Revolution, and several residents of Ocoptepec were killed by federalist forces during the fighting. The bell tower was damaged during the September 19, 2017 earthquake. The town of 15,400 people is known for its

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celebrations, held from October 31 to November 2. The town is also known for its delicious

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and the construction of wooden furniture. The ''Universidad Nahuatl De Ocotepec'' (Calmecac cultural center for the study of Nahuatl) is located in Ocotepec.

Pilancón

Located along Avenue Vicente Guerrero north of the

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park in the north of the city, Colonia Pilancón is mostly a middle class residential community with only 242 residents, most of whom own small () plots of land. About 1/3 of the land is the federally-owned, poorly maintained "Barranca de Pilancón".

Lagunilla El Salto

Colonia Lagunilla El Salto is located southeast of downtown Cuernavaca. 4,260 people in 1,100 homes live there, and there are 280 commercial establishments that employ 1,000 people. The neighborhood was founded in 1977.

Rancho Cortes

Fraccionmento (Subdivision) Rancho Cortés is located northeast of downtown Cuernavaca. It is primarily a residential community; German philosopher

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lived there from 1949 to 1974.

San Antón Analco

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Analco is one of the original eleven neighborhoods in Cuernavaca, founded on May 23, 1487. It features a colonial-era church, the cemetery of La Leona, and a waterfall that flows into the ravine of the same name. The neighborhood is located along Avenida Jesús H. Preciado, and access is via the Centennario Bridge. The ''Salto de San Anton'' ("Saint Anthony waterfall″) descends straight down a glen. The walls surrounding the waterfall are columnar jointed basalt rock,. Years ago, divers from

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used to dive into the 30-meter pool. According to legend, the falls were formed when a brave warrier did not return from battle, and his fiancée died crying; her hair continued to grow, and the gods cascaded the lovers into a river. Two prehispanic balstic rocks have been found in the area; one is called "Lagarto de San Antón" and can be found outside of the Museo Regional Cuauhnahuac. One can purchase a wide variety of pottery and plants for both house and garden at the many shops immediately surrounding the entrance to the falls, and a local restaurant specializes in

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. There is another, smaller waterfall, appropriately called ''El Salto Chico'' ("the small waterfall") 250 metres north of the ''San Anton'' waterfall.

San Lorenzo Chamilpa

The town of Chamilpa is located northwest of the geographic center of the municipality and north of Cuernavaca's historical center. Chamilpa is one of the twelve original towns of Cuernavaca, founded by

Antonio de Mendoza Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco (, ; 1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first Viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to 25 November 1550, and the third Viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551 ...

on March 30, 1539. The original name was ''Chiamilpan,'' which means " chia field." There are two ''

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...

s'' in the town: Olactl ("who hears the movement of water amazed") in the east and Zacanco ("in the place of the grass or pasture") in the west. The 16th-century church is dedicated to

Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...

and his feast is celebrated on August 10. Every five years there is a celebration to remember the founding of the ecological park located in the town. The region is known for its fresh air and ample green areas. Radio station

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(95.7 FM) broadcasts from Chamilpa.

Santa María Ahuacatitlán

The village of Santa María Ahuacatitlán is located north of the geographic center of the municipality and northeast of the historicl center of the city along

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. 5,700 people live in Santa María Ahuacatitlán, which has commercial establishments employing 2,000 people. According to city records, Santa María Ahuacatitlán was founded when inhabitants of Cuahnahuac fled the city upon the approach of

in 1521. Zapatista General

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(1876-1952) and signer of the

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was born in the village and is buried there. From 1952 to 1967,

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Gregorio Lemercier (1912-1987), led the monastery of Santa María de la Resurrección. Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, Casa Buen Señor operates an orphanage in Santa María Ahuacatitlán. The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) is headquartered in the village. Santa María Ahuacatitlán was included in the list of high-risk neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020. Colonia Nueva Santa María has a population of 582.

Satélite

With 7,740 residents, Colonia Satélite is one of the most populous neighborhoods in

. 680 commercial enterprises, mostly small retail establishments, employ 4,000 people. It is one of the lowest-income communities in the state. Satélite was formed in the 1960s when land in Colonia Chapultepec was expropriated without compensation for construction of the freeway (Federal Highway 95D). Ejidal land was divided into individual lots and construction of homes and businesses began. In April 2013, ''

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'' published an article stating that Satélite was the community with the highest crime rate in Morelos.

Tetela del Monte

Fraccionamiento Tetela del Monte is located northwest of downtown Cuernavaca. It is located at above sea level and is a resting spot for pilgrims en route to Chalma, Malinalco, State of Mexico. The Capilla de los Santos Reyes ("Chapel of the Three Kings"), built between 1530 and 1540, features a 20th-century forged-iron and stone wall designed by British-born artist John Spencer. The bell tower dates from the 17th century. Spencer is buried in the churchyard. The most important festival in the neighborhood is celebrated on January 6–7, and the second-most important festival is on May 3, the

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, centered around a stone cross erected in the 16th century, and featuring streets filled with colorful flowers, brass bands, and the traditional jump of

Chinelos Chinelos are a kind of traditional costumed dancer which is popular in the Mexican state of Morelos, parts of the State of Mexico and the Federal District of Mexico City, especially the boroughs of Milpa Alta and Xochimilco. The tradition arose fr ...

. Many townspeople cultivate flowers in nurseries featuring a wide variety of plants such as orchids, laceleaf, azaleas, tulips, daisies, lilies, and sunflowers. The most important flower grown is the

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flower, which is exported worldwide. 4,210 people live in Tetela del Monte. There are 290 commercial establishments that employ 2,000 people. Tetela del Monte was included in the list of high-risk neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020.

Tlaltenango

Colonia Tlaltenango is located north of downtown Cuernavaca along Avenida Emiliano Zapata. The ''Parque Ecológical Cultural Tlaltenango'' is located at the Tlaltenango traffic circle located at the junction of Zapata and Calzada de los Reyes. The focus of the cultural center is a house built in the "Cuernavaca-style" in the 1930s; the park was designed by the architect Dalia Mendoza and opened in

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. Tlaltenango was originally a

Tlahuica Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The na ...

settlement; in 1523 it became the site of conquistador

's first hacienda. The

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soon became a commercial center for gold, silver, and cloth along the Mexico City-Acapulco trade route. The Chapel of San José, built in 1523, is said to be the oldest church on the American continent. Legend has it that on August 30, 1720, a priest and the mayor found a chest belonging to

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Agustina Andrade. When the chest was opened andreturned to its owner, they found a small statue of the Virgin Mary inside. The statue performed several miracles, and the ''Santuario de la Virgen de los Milagros'' was built adjacent to the San José chapel in 1730. The bell tower was built from 1882 to 1884 and holds one of the largest bells in Morelos. A mural featuring Hernán Cortés, Emiliano Zapata, and the Virgin was painted by Roberto Martínez in the atrium of the church in 1982. The chapel of San José was built to serve the religious needs of upper-class Peninsulars and

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; further north the church of San Jerónimo was built to evangelize the indigenous people. Since 1720, a street fair has been held from August 30 to September 11; Avenida Emiliano Zapata is closed and hundreds of merchants sell their wares. General

donated a silver and gold crown to the statue of Our Lady of Miracles during the fair on September 8, 1914, while the city was under siege. Two years later, troops loyal to

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stole the crown; Father Nicanor Gómez took the statue to Mexico City, where it stayed until

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Vicente Guerrero

616 people live in Colonia

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near Avenida Plan de Ayala, east of downtown. There are 95 commercial establishments that employ 900 people. The federal government is the largest single employer in the neighborhood.

Fraccionamiento Universo

Fraccionamiento Universo is located in the Municipality of Cuernavaca, southeast of Cuernavaca. There are 2,697 inhabitants including 5.53% indigenous. Universo is above sea level.

Vista Hermosa

Colonia Vista Hermosa is a residential community northeast of downtown. It is known for its many schools, restaurants, hotels, medical centers (including two universities) and an active nightlife, especially on Avenidas San Diego and Río Mayo. The

Teopanzolco Teopanzolco is an Aztec archaeological site in the Mexican state of Morelos. Due to urban growth, it now lies within the modern city of Cuernavaca. Most of the visible remains date from the Middle to Late Postclassic Period (1300-1521).García Mol ...

archaeological zone is located in the community. Most of the ruins date from the Middle and Post Classic Periods (1350-1521). The largest structure features unusual twin temples, one dedicated to

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(Aztec god of rain) and the other dedicated to

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(god of war). Two phases of construction are visible, one on top of the other; construction of the second temple was most likely interrupted by the Spanish invasion. Adjacent to the pyramid site is the Teopanzolco Cultural Center, built by architect Isaac Broid Zajman in 2017 to enhance the relationship with the archeological site and to generate a significant public space for concerts, plays, and other events. A paved bicycle path extends from Avenida Río Mayo to Avenida San Diego along what was once the city's rail line. The path is popular not only with bicyclists but also joggers, rollerbladers, dog-walkers, and others who want to exercise. The Catholic parish church ''María Madre de la Misericordia'' features stained glass and an altar with colorful contemporary designs.

Others

*Cerritos de García has 1,007 inhabitants. *Colonia los Cerritos has 1,761 inhabitants. *Colonia Milpillas has 1,451 inhabitants. *Colonia Unidad Deportiva has 1,381 inhabitants. *La Union has 1,747 inhabitants. *Villa Santiago has 3,641 inhabitants.

Climate

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nicknamed Cuernavaca the "City of Eternal Spring" during his brief visit in 1804. The climate varies due to the marked differences in altitude since the terrain in which it is located varies between in the north to above sea level in the south of the municipality. The northern area has a humid temperate climate, and it becomes somewhat warmer and less humid towards the center and south. The rainy season is cloudy, the dry season is partially cloudy, and it is hot throughout the year. During the course of the year, the temperature generally ranges from to and rarely drops below or rises above . Cuernavaca's climate is tropical,

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Aw (Tropical savanna climate with dry-winter characteristics). Precipitation is lowest in December ( and highest in July (), for an average annual of . Living up to its nickname, average annual temperatures vary by only 4.7 °C, with May having the warmest average () and January the coolest average (). Cloud cover varies through the year. Skies are clear approximately 6.8 months of the year, from October 30 to May 22, and cloudy for about 5.2 months, from May 22 to October 30. Daylight lasts 11:00 hours on December 21 to 13:16 hours on June 20. The windiest time of year is the 4.3 months from December 27 to April 29, with an average velocity of per hour. Southerly winds predominate from January 11 to July 6, easterly winds from July 6 to October 1, and northerly winds from October 1 to January 11.

Flora and fauna

;Flora The flora of Cuernavaca is varies according to area: *North zone:

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mountain; pine and oak forests. *Extreme south: Induced grasslands and low

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forest, represented by tall

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s such as castor beans and sunflowers. *In the ravines that are located to the west and in those that cross the city:

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s in humid areas with trees such as

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, '' jacaranda'',

plum A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are called prunes. History Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found ...

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...

amate Amate ( es, amate from nah, āmatl ) is a type of bark paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since the precontact times. It was used primarily to create codices. Amate paper was extensively produced and used for both communication, record ...

, and

guava Guava () is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava ''Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae), native to Mexico, Central America, t ...

. Cuernavaca natives are nicknamed ''Los Guayabos'' ("The Guavas"). ;Fauna The fauna of Cuernavaca is made up of

white-tailed deer The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced t ...

, raccoon, skunk, squirrel, mountain mouse, puma or American lion,

Montezuma quail The Montezuma quail (''Cyrtonyx montezumae'') is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's quail, the harlequin quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the fool q ...

, ''gallinita del monte'', dove, blue magpie, goldfinch, florican mulatto, red spring; rattlesnake, rattlesnake, frogs, and lizards.

References

Footnotes

Citations

External links

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