[2] [5] The municipality of Cuernavaca is located in the northwest of the state of Morelos, 87.3 kilometres (54.2 mi) south of Mexico City via Mexican Federal Highway 95D.

the urban center, the urban sub-centers, and the neighborhood centers (Ocotepec, Atlacomulco, Ahuatepec, Amatitlan, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Tetela, San Jerónimo, Tlaltenango, Acapantzingo, El Calvario, San Antón, Melchor Ocampo, Carolina, Antonio Barona, Palmira, Teopanzolco, etc.

The current municipal president is Francisco Antonio Villalobos Adán and the trustee is Marisol Becerra De La Fuente.

[1] For administrative purposes, the municipality is divided into eight delegations: Emiliano Zapata, Mariano Matamoros, Lázaro Cárdenas, Benito Juárez, Plutarco Elías Calles, Antonio Barona, Miguel Hidalgo, and Vicente Guerrero.

[14] Maximilian I of Mexico established the "Casa Chica" for La India Bonita at a finca (estate) in Acapatzingo he called "El Olindo;[17] The estate was burned by troops loyal to Benito Juárez and lay abandoned until it was rebuilt and reopened as the Jardín Etnobotánico de Morelos (Morelos Botanical Garden) and the Museo de Medicina Tradicional y Herbolaria (Museum of Traditional and Herbal Medicine) under the auspiecies of INAH in 1962.

[28] Bernaldino del Castillo, who accompanied Hernán Cortés on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, founded a sugar cane plantation on 37 hectares of land in Amatitlan in the 16th century; part of this hacienda today form a hotel.

Although the communalists feared Governor López de Nava, they had secured the support of former president Lázaro Cárdenas, and they managed to seize control of the land.

[39] It is known for its large market, the colonial-era St. John of the Lakes church (Spanish: San Juan de los Lagos), the athletic complex Unidad Deportiva Miguel Alemán Valdés which includes the city's baseball field, and the cemetery La Leona.

[39] During the 19th century, the street where the market is located was called "Calzada de las Fábricas", because three factories distilled aguardiente (firewater).

[41] "La Leona" cemetery was built on land donated by Eugenio de Jesús Cañas (1848-1923), the owner of "Rancho Atzingo.

Many generations of families learned to play the sport here, but over the years the park hs also hosted musical groups such as El Tri, Zoé, Timbiriche, OV7, Burbujas, and the clown Cepillín.

Colonia Chapultepec is a residential and commercial community south of Avenida Plan de Ayala in eastern Cuernavaca, three km from the center of the city.

The 12.844 hectares (31.74 acres) Parque Estatal Urbano Barranca de Chapultepec (founded 1931), with its crystal-clear waters, 250-year-old Montezuma cypress trees, aviary, planitarium, petting zoo, and artificial lake is located in the community.

[44] The gold club itself opened on March 23, 1934 on 17 ha (42 acres) of land, dedicated by Jefe Meximo Plutarco Elías Calles with the blessing of President Abelardo L. Rodríguez.

Las Colmenas is a residential area with 883 inhabitants and 200 commercial establishments along Avenida Palmira south of downtown Cuernavaca.

[50] The colonia also includes Plaza María Félix honoring the film actress and long-time resident of Cuernavaca,[51] as well as a Pullman de Morelos bus station.

[55] The neighborhood includes es:La Tallera, the former home and workshop of social realist, muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros.

Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945), president (1924-1928) and Jefe Máximo (Maximum Chief) of the Revolution (1928-1934) ruled Mexico with an iron fist from his home in Colonia Reforma in the 1920s and 1930s.

According to legend, the falls were formed when a brave warrier did not return from battle, and his fiancée died crying; her hair continued to grow, and the gods cascaded the lovers into a river.

[71] One can purchase a wide variety of pottery and plants for both house and garden at the many shops immediately surrounding the entrance to the falls,[70] and a local restaurant specializes in quail.

There are two barrios in the town: Olactl ("who hears the movement of water amazed") in the east and Zacanco ("in the place of the grass or pasture") in the west.

[84] It is located at 1,789 metres (5,869 ft) above sea level and is a resting spot for pilgrims en route to Chalma, Malinalco, State of Mexico.

[85] The Capilla de los Santos Reyes ("Chapel of the Three Kings"), built between 1530 and 1540, features a 20th-century forged-iron and stone wall designed by British-born artist John Spencer.

[85] Many townspeople cultivate flowers in nurseries featuring a wide variety of plants such as orchids, laceleaf, azaleas, tulips, daisies, lilies, and sunflowers.

[94] Since 1720, a street fair has been held from August 30 to September 11; Avenida Emiliano Zapata is closed and hundreds of merchants sell their wares.

[95] General Emiliano Zapata donated a silver and gold crown to the statue of Our Lady of Miracles during the fair on September 8, 1914, while the city was under siege.

Two years later, troops loyal to Venustiano Carranza stole the crown; Father Nicanor Gómez took the statue to Mexico City, where it stayed until 1919.

It is known for its many schools, restaurants, hotels, medical centers (including two universities) and an active nightlife, especially on Avenidas San Diego and Río Mayo.

[98] The Catholic parish church María Madre de la Misericordia features stained glass and an altar with colorful contemporary designs.

[103] The flora of Cuernavaca is varies according to area: The fauna of Cuernavaca is made up of white-tailed deer, raccoon, skunk, squirrel, mountain mouse, puma or American lion, Montezuma quail, gallinita del monte, dove, blue magpie, goldfinch, florican mulatto, red spring; rattlesnake, rattlesnake, frogs, and lizards.