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Cuernavaca From:
Nahuatl: Cuauhnāhuac (“Near the
Woods"). It was established at the archeological site of Gualupita I by
the Olmec,
"The Mother Culture" of Mesoamerica, approximately 3200 years ago. It
is also a municipality located about 85 km
(53 mi) south of Mexico City on the D-95 freeway.
The
city was nicknamed the "City of Eternal Spring" by Alexander von Humboldt in the
nineteenth century. It has long been a favorite escape for Mexico City and
foreign visitors because of this warm, stable climate and abundant
vegetation. Aztec emperors had summer residences there, and even
today, many famous people as well as Mexico City residents maintain homes
there. Cuernavaca is also host to a large foreign resident population,
including large numbers of students who come to study the Spanish language.
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