The city of Puruándiro is in the north of the

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 sepa ...

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 ...

. It is located at . The population is 70,571. It was founded by Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco in 1522. The wooded main garden has a kiosk that indicates that it was founded in 1565, but no records to corroborate that. It is believed that Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla spent a night in Puruándiro during his revolutionary movement and that in 1965 President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz paid a visit to commemorate its founding. But again, there is a lack of information to support these facts. Near the church and the center portals are the "Lázaro Cárdenas" and the "Morelos" garden. The latter holds a bust dedicated to José María Morelos, an insurgent soldier in the Mexican war of independence. In addition to a second effigy commemorating Benito Juárez, former president of the nation. The "Los Arcos" thermal waters spa is one of the most notable tourist attractions in town.

Name

Its name

purépecha The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro. They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...

is ''Purhuandirhu'' which means "place of water where the fire rests" or "place of hot water" since the city enjoys abundant hot water that comes from the mantles surrounding aquifers. Many people take advantage of this water (which is rich in minerals such as sulfur) to bathe, wash clothes or simply relax by soaking in it.

Demography

The city of Puruándiro has a population of 32,333 inhabitants according to data from the XIV General Population and Housing Census from 2020 which has been done by the

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. That makes it the 16th most populous city in Michoacán

Religion

Christianity

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predominates in 97% of the population, followed to a lesser extent by

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and

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Ethnic groups

According to the 1990 General Population and Housing Census, 213 people who speak Purépecha live in the municipality, of whom 106 are men and 107 are women.

External links

*http://www.michoacan.gob.mx/municipios/73puruandiro.htm Government Puruándiro Populated places in Michoacán {{Michoacán-geo-stub