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Churubusco, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1666
Housing Units (2000): 692
Land area (2000): 0.887693 sq. miles (2.299115 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.887693 sq. miles (2.299115 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12610
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.231373 N, 85.319541 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46723
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Churubusco, IN
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Churubusco

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 on the former Franciscan monastery (ex convento de Churubusco) at .

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.

Churubusco (disambiguation)

Churubusco could be referring to:

  • Churubusco, a neighbourhood in the Federal District, Mexico
    • Battle of Churubusco, fought there on 20 August 1847
    • Estudios Churubusco, motion picture studios located in the Churubusco district
    • Río Churubusco, a river that formerly ran through the area
  • Churubusco, Indiana, United States, a town named after the above battle
  • Churubusco, New York, United States, an unincorporated town named in honor of the U.S. troops from New York who fought in the above battle
  • Huitzilopochco, a pre-Columbian polity also called Churubusco