Coyoacán Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...

Zapata

Metro Zapata

Metro Zapata is a station on the Mexico City Metro. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the...

Line 3

Mexico City Metro Line 3

Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it....

Viveros

Metro Viveros

Metro Viveros / Derechos Humanos is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located between the Álvaro Obregón and Coyoacán boroughs of Mexico City....

Metro Coyoacán is a metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 along Line 3

Mexico City Metro Line 3

Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it....

 of the Mexico City Metro

Mexico City Metro

The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...

. It is located in the Benito Juárez

Benito Juárez

Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

 borough of Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. It is at the intersection of Universidad and Coyoacan avenues. Right outside the station lies the "Centro Coyoacan" shopping mall, Radio Formula and Bancomer headquarters. It is also close to the Cineteca Nacional and Coyoacán

Coyoacán

Coyoacán refers to one of the sixteen boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the borough’s “historic center.” The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means “place of coyotes,” when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore...

 district.

The station logo depicts a coyote

Coyote

The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...

. In fact, the Náhuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 word of Coyohuacan means place of coyotes. According to early plans for Line 3, the station was originally destined to be known as Metro Bancomer, after Centro Bancomer, a banking center located above the station. This being a commercial name, metro authorities decided instead to name the station after nearby Avenida Coyoacán which leads to the popular downtown section of Coyoacán

Coyoacán

Coyoacán refers to one of the sixteen boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City as well as the former village which is now the borough’s “historic center.” The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means “place of coyotes,” when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore...

. The station opened on 30 August 1983 as part of a southward extension of the line.

This station has a cultural display, which houses temporary exhibits by art students.

Metro Coyoacán serves the Colonia del Valle and Colonia Xoco neighborhoods.

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