Zacapu (''Place of Stones''), is a city and surrounding

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in the Nahuatzen mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at . The municipality has an area of . Geographic features in Zacapu include the Cerro del Tecolote mountain range and Zacapu Lagoon.

Demographics

The 2010 Mexican census indicated that the city had a population of 52,806 and the municipality a population of 73,455.

Notable people

* José Ángel Aguilar, writer * Rudy Gutierrez, noted oncologist * Juan B. Guido, poet * Fray Jacobo Daciano, Danish

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, member of the Tzintzuntzan convent * Primo Tapia de la Cruz, labor leader who organized farming communities against landholders. He was assassinated in 1926. * Abel Alcázar Pallares, philanthropist and community activist * Armando Martínez (cyclist), cyclist *

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, cyclist * Jorge del Pozzo, businessman * César Martínez, boxer * Adolfo García Trujillo, marathonist * Eugenio Calderón, professional footballer, played for

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, Morelia, Irapuato, Tigres and Guadalajara. Retired in 1992. * Jaime Contreras, artist, designer, welder, semi-professional footballer. * Hugo Ayala Castro, professional footballer, play for Morelia, Atlas and currently Tigres.

References

External links

Michoacán
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
Zacapu.com
website from Zacapu city (in Spanish)
Zacapu.gob.mx
Zacapu municipal government website (in Spanish) Municipalities of Michoacán {{Michoacán-geo-stub