Felipe Carrillo Puerto Michoacán is a town in the
Municipality of Buenavista in the Mexican state of
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 ...
.
Also known as "La Ruana". Its population is about 9,607 people. It's located in the hot
Tierra Caliente
''Tierra caliente'' is an informal term used in Latin America to refer to places with a distinctly tropical climate. These are usually regions from sea level from 0–3,000 feet.Zech, W. and Hintermaier-Erhard, G. (2002); Böden der Welt – Ein Bi ...
valley.
Nearby towns include El Crucero,
El 18
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American p ...
,
Tepalcatepec
Tepalcatepec, also known as Tepeque, is a city and municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, in the southwestern Tierra Caliente region of the state. The municipality borders the state of Jalisco to the north and west.
Population
The t ...
, Buena Vista, Santa Ana and the city of
Apatzingan.
Recently most of its streets have been paved. It has a Catholic church with a nun-run school, a plaza with a kiosk in center. Families are very tied down and their nationalities run back to many years. Those families that were the first to become part of "La Ruana" are the: Ayala, Figueroa, Calderon, Beltran, Valencia, Godinez, Mendoza, Torres, Quintero, Rodriguez, Villa, Cisneros, Garcia, Ochoa, Capilla, and Bonilla.
Most of the jobs there are in
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
such as
lemon
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China.
The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
s,
grapefruit
The grapefruit (''Citrus'' × ''paradisi'') is a subtropical citrus tree known for its relatively large, sour to semi-sweet, somewhat bitter fruit. The interior flesh is segmented and varies in color from pale yellow to dark pink.
Grapefruit is ...
and
banana
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...
s.
But it is also known that many members of the 'Familia Michoacana' hold hospitality there.
There are many
mosquito
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...
es from the hot, humid weather and all the agriculture around it.
Local transportation include vehicles and
moped
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. The term used to mean a similar vehicle except with both bicycle pedals and a motorcycle engine. Mopeds typic ...
s,
Teenagers are known to rule the city, as they are allowed to drive at any age and their parents have strong power over the government. Quads are seen more than cars "cruising" around.
On the highway that connects to other towns there are buses that go by and taxi cabs.
References
[PueblosAmerica.com at http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/felipe-carrillo-puerto-la-ruana]
External links
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Populated places in Michoacán