Xoco is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. Xoco was originally a village dating to times before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of

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, and is home to

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and Patio Universidad shopping centers and the

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development, which will be Mexico City's biggest mixed used complex. Xoco is served by the Coyoacán station of the

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which belongs to line 3. The national

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, 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.

Education

Private schools: *

Instituto Simón Bolívar ''Instituto Simón Bolívar'' (ISB) is a private school in Xoco, Benito Juárez, D.F., Benito Juárez, Mexico City. It serves levels nursery through high school (''preparatoria''). History It was founded in 1961, opening on February 2 of that year ...

Dirección
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. Retrieved on May 31, 2014. "Mayorazgo de Solís no. 65, Col. Xoco Del. Benito Juárez CP. 03330 Distrito Federal." * Colegio Buckingham * Colegio Handel Public schools: * Secundaria Técnica Num. 72

References

Benito Juárez, Mexico City Neighborhoods in Mexico City {{MexicoDistritoFederal-geo-stub