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Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough (delegación) of Coyoacán. It is centred around the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at 19°21′20″N 99°8′55″W / 19.35556°N 99.14861°W / 19.35556; -99.14861.
The name “Churubusco” is the interpretation the Spanish conquistadors gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning “place (or temple) of Huitzilopochtli”. Earlier attested forms that the adapted name took include Huycholopuzco, Ocholopusco, Ochoroposco, Uchilubusco, and Chulibusco.
The first settlers are believed to have arrived in the area, possibly fleeing the fall of the Toltec Empire.
Huitzilopochco existed as an independent lordship within Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Its first ruler was Huitzilatzin, a grandson of Huitzilíhuitl, the second Hueyi Tlatoani (the Aztec “emperor”). Its population numbered some 15,000, dedicated to the cultivation of fruit…

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