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Tangancícuaro
Tangancícuaro is a municipio (municipality) in the Mexican state of Michoacán, western Mexico. The municipal seat is the City of Tangancícuaro de Arista. Geography Tangancícuaro is at an altitude of 1,700 meters above sea level, with an area of 387.95 km². Its population was estimated at 33,815 in 1996 and has a slightly negative population growth attributed to emigration to the interior and outside of the country. It is bordered on the north by Zamora, Jacona and Tlazazalca, to the east by Purépero and Chilchota, to the south by Charapan, Los Reyes and Tingüindin, and to the west by Tangamandapio. Its distance to the Michoacán State Capital is 134 kilometers. The economy is based on agriculture with some industry and tourism. Nature Natural features include the Duero River, Lake Junguarán, Lake Camécuaro, and Lake Cupatziro. Tourist destinations include Lago de Camécuaro National Park, the location of Lake Camécuaro (''Lago de Camécuaro''). Se ...
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Municipalities Of Michoacán
Michoacán is a state in western Mexico that is divided into 113 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the ninth most populated state with inhabitants and the 16th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Michoacan are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergen ...
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Lago De Camécuaro National Park
Lago de Camécuaro National Park is located east of the city of Zamora de Hidalgo in the municipality of Tangancícuaro in the state of Michoacán. The park consists of of protected area including Camécuaro Lake which is supplied by a series of natural springs. The lake is popular due to its clear water and the vegetation that surrounds the lake. Even though the lake is relatively small, many photographers from all over Mexico come to take photographs of the park's views. Toponymy Camécuaro derives from the native language purépecha or tarasca which means "Place of Bathing" Geography Lago de Camécuaro National Park is located 14 km (8.5 mi) east of the city of Zamora de Hidalgo, Michoacán on Federal Highway 15 heading towards Morelia, Michoacán. The lake itself has a surface area of approximately and has a maximum depth of . The lake is supplied with water from numerous springs slightly to the south of the lake. Camécuaro Lake then empties at a slow rate into ...
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Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid). The city was named after José María Morelos, a native of the city and one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl: ''Michhuahcān'' from ''michhuah'' ("possessor of fish") and -''cān'' (place of) and means "place of the fishermen" referring to those who fish on La ...
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Charapan
Charapan is a municipality located in the north-western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 233.16 square kilometres (0.17% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Tangancícuaro and Chilchota, to the east by Paracho, to the south by Uruapan Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente region. Since the colonial period, it has been an important city economic ..., and to the west by Los Reyes. The municipality had a population of 10,867 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. References Municipalities of Michoacán {{Michoacán-geo-stub ...
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Los Reyes, Michoacán
Los Reyes is a municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 480.09 square kilometres (0.81% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tangancícuaro, to the east by Charapan, to the southeast by Uruapan, to the south by Peribán, to the southwest by Tocumbo, and to the northwest by Tingüindín. The municipality had a population of 77,000 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Los Reyes de Salgado.The city is also known for exporting avocados and blackberries The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of .... Both of these orchids surround the area between Los Reyes and Periban, it is also home of the Lobos Grises de los Reyes (Grey Wolves) a profes ...
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Lago De Camecuaro
__NOTOC__ Lago, which means "lake" in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician, may refer to: Places *Lago, Calabria, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cosenza, Italy *Lago, Mexico, a municipality zone in the State of Mexico *Lago District, a ''distrito'' in Niassa Province, Mozambique * Lago, Portugal, a ''freguesia'' in the District of Braga *Lago, Asturias, a ''parroquia'' in the ''municipio'' of Allande, Spain *Lago, Texas, a census-designated place *Lagos, Nigeria, the largest city in Nigeria People *Anders Lago, Swedish politician *Ângela Lago (1945–2017), Brazilian children's writer and illustrator *Antonio Lago, Venice-born French motor vehicle manufacturer *Fábio Lago, Brazilian actor *Nais Lago, Italian actress *Virginia Lago (born 1946), Argentine actress Other uses *Lago (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 5 *Talbot-Lago, a type of car *''Lago'', a fictional western town depicted in the film, ''High Plains Drifter'' See also * Lagos (other) * del Lago (dis ...
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Municipalities Of Mexico
Municipalities (''municipios'' in Spanish language, Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the ''states of Mexico, state'' (Spanish: estado). They should not be confused with cities or towns that may share the same name as they are distinct entities and do not share geographical boundaries. As of January 2021, there are 2,454 municipalities in Mexico, excluding the 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs of Mexico City. Since the 2015 Intercensal Survey, two municipalities have been created in Campeche, three in Chiapas, three in Morelos, one in Quintana Roo and one in Baja California. The internal political organization and their responsibilities are outlined in the 115th article of the Constitution of Mexico, 1917 Constitution and detailed in the constitutions of the states to which they belong. are distinct from , a form of Mexican Localities of Mexico, locality, and are divided into ''Colonia (Mexico ...
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Mexican State
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state). States are further divided into municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. Mexico City is divided in boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs, officially designated as or , similar to other state's municipalities but with different administrative powers. List ''Mexico's post agency, Correos de México, does not offer an official list of state name abbreviations, and as such, they are not included below. A list of Mexican states and several versions of their abbreviations can be found Template:Mexico State-Abbreviation Codes, here.'' } , style="text-align: center;" , ''Coahuila de Zaragoza'' , , style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Saltillo , style="text-align: right;" , , style="text-align ...
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Zamora (Michoacán)
Zamora may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Europe Spain * Zamora, Spain, a city in the autonomous community of Castilla y León * Province of Zamora, a province in the autonomous community of Castilla y León * Associated with the city and province: ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Spain, Roman Catholic suffragan bishopric, named after its see ** Zamora (Spanish Congress Electoral District) ** Zamora (Cortes of Castile and León constituency) ** Zamora (Senate constituency) Romania * Zamora, a tributary of the Valea de Pești in Hunedoara County * Zamora, a tributary of the Prahova in Prahova County Americas Canada * Zamora, British Columbia, a former community in the Boundary region Ecuador * Zamora, Ecuador, a city in the province of Zamora-Chinchipe * Zamora-Chinchipe Province * Zamora River, a river in the provinces of Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe and Morona-Santiago * Zamora Canton, in the province of Zamora-Chinchipe * Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador, R ...
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Jacona, Michoacán
Jacona de Plancarte (Jacona) is a city and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Jacona in the state of Michoacán. Located in the northwest of the state, on the northern slope of the Sierra de Patamban, part of the Volcanic Belt, at 1,600 meters altitude. It was founded by Fray Sebastián de Trasierra in 1555, although they are located buildings and paintings of more than 3000 years old. Jacona was the symbolism of life and death, the symbol of humanity, and was one of the first pre-Hispanic peoples entrusted to the Spanish. Place Names Jacona is word with origin in the tecuexes (one of the peoples of the Great Chichimeca, whose home language is Uto-Aztecan). Just as the Spanish transformed the writing of words such as Mexico to Mejico, Xalisco to Jalisco or Xallapan to Jalapa, the word was originally written Xacona. It derives from the original word Xucunan, which tecuexes meant "place of flowers and vegetables." Xacona was established in a region chichimeca (tecuexes), bord ...
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Tlazazalca
Tlazazalca is a small town in the northern region of Michoacan, Mexico in an area first settled by ancient Nahuatl tribes in the early 14th Century. Overview The town was officially established in 1545 by the Franciscan priest John of Saint Michael (Spanish: Juan de San Miguel) who accompanied the army of Nuño de Guzman (Spanish) or (Catalan) is a masculine given name of Latin origin (, , , and so on). Its Portuguese form is . Its patronymic is (). Already in the Middle Ages the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name Munio. The meaning of ... during the conquest of the region. Subsequently, Franciscan priests proceeded to baptize the Native Purepecha and Chichimeca populations that inhabited the area. In addition to the city center, the Spanish Conquistadors also established within the jurisdiction of Tlazazalca an "Indian Republic" (Spanish: Republica de Indios) whose role was to govern directly the Native populations subjected to Spanish authority. ...
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