Copilco
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For the metro station, see Copilco metro station.
Copilco was an important Mesoamerican ceremonial center, southwest of Mexico City, Mexico. Copilco is located approximately four kilometers north of Cuicuilco. Both were covered by lava from several eruptions of the Xitle volcano three thousand years ago.
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Name: | Copilco |
Location | Coyoacán, Mexico City![]() |
Coordinates | 19°20′08″N 99°10′36″W |
Culture | Chichimeca – Tepaneca - Cuicuilca |
Period | Preclassical Mesoamerican |
Foundation | 600 to 100 CE. |
Decline | Late mesoamerican Classical |
Language | Uto-Aztecan languages - Oto-Manguean languages – Nahuatl |
INAH Official Page | Non existent |
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It is very likely that founding, development and destiny of both cities had common causes, from their geographical location, and chronology.
The area is located on the west side of Coyoacán or Coyohuacán (Nahuatl: coyō-hua-cān, 'place of coyotes') in the area covered by the lava from the Xitle volcano (according to Chronicles, one eruption of the volcano occurred on April 24, 76).