Jiquilpan (; also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a
Náhuatl
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word for "place of tint plants") is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán
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. Its
municipal
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seat is
Jiquilpan de Juárez
Jiquilpan de Juárez is a town of about 25,000 residents in northwest Michoacán, Mexico, near the border with the states of Colima and Jalisco. It is the seat of the municipio of Jiquilpan and the birthplace of president Lázaro Cárdenas
...
.
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of two presidents of the republic:
Anastasio Bustamante
Trinidad Anastasio de Sales Ruiz Bustamante y Oseguera (; 27 July 1780 – 6 February 1853) was a Mexican physician, general, and politician who served as the 4th President of Mexico three times from 1830 to 1832, 1837 to 1839, and 1839 to 1841. ...
, who served as
President
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on three occasions in the mid-19th century; and also of one of the most popular presidents of Mexico,
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revo ...
.
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of
Damián Alcázar, actor and movie director, who was in the films ''El crimen del padre Amaro'', ''La Ley de Herodes'', and ''
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', among others. The city is also the birthplace of trumpet virtuoso
Rafael Méndez.
It has sister city exchange programs with
Indio, California
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and
Palmdale, California
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On August 24, 1962 ...
in the
United States
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, where large numbers of residents from Jiquilpan relocated to in the 2000s. In the year 2000, the population was 25,778, but estimates can reach as high as 50,000 when seasonal migrant laborers come and stay there.
See also
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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 Mic ...
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Sahuayo, a neighboring city
Tourist info
External links
''Jiquilpan'' Magazine''Instituto Tecnológico de Jiquilpan'':.Jiquilpan Michoacán Mexico.:
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''Instituto Tecnológico de Jiquilpan (Wikipedia)''
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