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Michoacán de Ocampo, Baja California
Michoacán de Ocampo is a town in Baja California in Mexicali Municipality. The town had a population of 3,086 as of 2010.
Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán
Tzintzuntzán () is a town in Tzintzuntzan Municipality located in the north of Michoacán state, 53 km from the capital of Morelia and 17.5 km from Pátzcuaro, located on the northeast shore of Lake Pátzcuaro. It is best known as the former capital of the Tarascan state until it was conquered by the Spanish in the 1520s. Today, Tzintzuntzan is a small town with two major attractions, the archeological site of Tzintzuntzan and the former monastery complex of San Francisco. The municipality contains another important archeological site called Ihuatzio. It is also notable for its festivals, which include the Festival of Señor del Rescate, Day of the Dead celebrations and a cultural event related to New Year's.
Michoacán
Soon after the Conquest, evangelists from the Franciscan, Augustinian, Carmelite and other orders established monasteries all over the territory. Some of the best-known are Juan de Moya, Martín de la Coruña and Jacob the Dacian. As first governor, Nuño de Guzmán disrupted and devastated the social and economic order of the area. Vasco de Quirga succeeded Guzman, bringing Franciscan and Augustinian friars to both evangelize and repair the area's broken economy and social institutions. Quiroga founded the Spanish city of Patzcuaro in 1538, calling it the Ciudad de Mechuacán. For his efforts, Quiroga is still referred to in the Patzcuaro area as "Tata (grandfather) Vasco". The diocese of Michoacán was established in 1536 by Pope Paul III, and its boundaries coincide with the old Purépecha kingdom. Its first bishop was Vasco de Quiroga.
Huasca de Ocampo
Although the town of Huasca de Ocampo is governmental authority for the entire municipality, only a small percentage of the municipality’s population of 15,201 (2005) lives in the town proper. The rest live in the 80+ other communities, which together form a territory of 305.80km2. The municipality borders the municipalities of Tulancingo, Omitlán de Juárez, Acatlán and Atotonilco. To the north, it borders the state of Veracruz.
El Triunfo, Michoacán
El Triunfo de San Miguel is located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán and belongs to the Municipality of Numaran, located approximately 20 km from La Piedad de Cavadas and 3.5 km from Numaran over a paved road.
Tancítaro
A volcanic peak, "Pico de Tancítaro" or "Volcán Tancítaro", is located in the municipality. At in elevation, it is the highest point in Michoacán state.
Chucándiro
Chucándiro is a town and municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
Chavinda
Chavinda is the municipal seat for the municipality of Chavinda, in the state of Michoacán de Ocampo. Other small towns and villages included in the municipality are La Esperanza, San Juan Palmira, and El Tepehuaje.
Ixhuacán
Ixhuacán, or Ixhuacán de los Reyes, is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located approximately from Xalapa Enríquez; Federal Highway 123 runs through it. It is bordered by Teocelo, Xico and Coatepec. Coffee is the chief product of Ixhuacán de los Reyes.
Ario Municipality
Ario is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 694.60 square kilometres (1.18% of the okay and surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Salvador Escalante, to the east by Tacámbaro and Turicato, to the south by La Huacana, to the west by Nuevo Urecho, and to the northwest by Taretán. The municipality had a population of 31,647 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Ario de Rosales.
Michoacán Market
The Michoacán Market is a “mercado público" or traditional retail food market located in Condesa, one of the more prestigious districts of Mexico City. It is located between Avenida Michoacán, Avenida Vicente Suárez, and Avenida Tamaulipas streets, where three intersect.
Ocampo Municipality, Chihuahua
Ocampo is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ocampo. The municipality covers an area of 2,037.23 km².
Cojumatlán de Régules
Cojumatlán de Régules is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located west of the state capital of Morelia.
Jungapeo
Jungapeo is a municipality in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 265.98 square kilometres (0.45% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tuxpan, to the east by Juárez and Zitácuaro, to the south by Tuzantla, and to the west by Hildago. The municipality had a population of 18,571 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Jungapeo de Juárez.
Hueyapan de Ocampo
Hueyapan de Ocampo in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in south zone of the state, about 245 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 824.18 km. It is located at .
Tuxpan, Michoacán
Tuxpan is a small village in between Zitácuaro and Ciudad Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located 118 km (73 mi) from Morelia.
Battle of Tacámbaro
The state of Michoacán lies within 100 miles of Mexico City. Its proximity to the capital combined with its heavy forests, mountainous terrain and difficult weather made it ideal for guerilla operations. The state's population was largely sympathetic to the Republican cause and the region was laced with routes for smuggling arms and supplies for Republican forces operating in the area. Maximilian found it unacceptable that Republican troops were operating so close to the capital without opposition. He found it important both strategically and politically that his forces quell Republican activity in Michoacán to prevent the destabilization of his regime.
Yucuquimi de Ocampo
Yucuquimi de Ocampo is a small town in the municipality of Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna, in the Huajuapan District of the Mixteca Baja region, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Yucuquimi de Ocampo is home to a population of Mixtec people, many of whom still speak the Mixtec Language.
Tierra Caliente (Mexico)
Michoacán: Tepalcatepec, Churumuco de Morelos, San Lucas, Tuzantla, Susupuato de Guerrero, Nocupétaro, Carácuaro, Tiquicheo, Huetamo de Nuñez.
Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field
Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field is located in central Mexico. It is a volcanic field that takes the form of a large cinder cone field, with numerous shield volcanoes and maars.
Michoacán
Agriculture occupies over a million hectares of land in the state or 20% of the land area. Three-fifths of this agriculture occurs only during the rainy season. Irrigation farming is restricted to areas such as the Apatzingán Valley, the Bajío area of Michoacán, the Zamora Valley and some others. Principal crops include corn, sorghum, avocados, strawberries, peaches, wheat, limes, sugar cane and mangos. While corn accounts for 43% of the crops harvested, Michoacán is the largest producer of avocados in Mexico and in the world. Forty three percent of farmland in the territory is dedicated to the raising of livestock, including cattle, domestic fowl, sheep, goats and pigs. In 2007, the state's production of meat, dairy and eggs was valued at over four billion pesos.
Michoacán
The Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo is located in Morelia. Its historical predecessor was founded in 1540, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the Americas.
Michoacán
The state contains more than 12,804 km of federal, state and local roads. Major highways in the state include Federal Highway 15 and the Morelia-Patzcuaro highway. Intercity and interstate buses provide connections to places within the state and the rest of Mexico. About 91% of these bus lines are second class while just under nine percent are first class. Most rail lines are limited to the north and center of the state, providing freight service to Mexico City and Guadalajara. The state's main port is the city of Lázaro Cárdenas which contains 2,926 meters of dock space. The dock is used mostly for the shipping of minerals and grains. There are two major international airports, Morelia International Airport and Uruapan International Airport. Smaller facilities exist in Zamora and Lázaro Cárdenas. The state has abundant hydroelectrical production due to dams on the Balsas River, the Lerma River and the Tepalcatepec River. As of 1995, the state had eight television stations, with seven out of operation. There is a system of educational television with 528 broadcast antennas.
Ocampo, Michoacán
Ocampo is a town and seat of the municipality of Ocampo, in the central Mexican state of Michoacán. As of 2010, the town had a population of 3,799.
Purépero de Echaíz
Purépero de Echaíz is a town in the northwest of the state of Michoacán in Mexico and head of the municipality of Purépero. Purépero is located in the middle of the Tarascan Plateau. Purépero is 113 km from the state capital of Morelia and is bordered to the north by Tlazazalca, to the east by Zacapu, to the south by Chilchota, and to the west by Tangancícuaro.
Yurécuaro
Yurécuaro is a town and a municipality in the region of the Chapala cienega at the north-west in the Mexican state of Michoacán, at a height of 1530 meters (5065 ft) above sea level. Its limits to the north with the state of Jalisco separated by the Lerma river, at west with La Piedad, at south with Ecuandureo and to the southeast with Tanhuato. The distance to the state capital Morelia is 125 miles and to Guadalajara is 85 miles.
Ocampo Municipality, Michoacán
Ocampo is one of the 113 municipalities of Michoacán, in central Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ocampo.
Michoacán
The state is crossed by the Sierra Madre del Sur, the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Inter-mountain Valleys region. The Sierra Madre del Sur crosses the state northwest to southeast for approximately in the southwest between the municipalities of Chinicuila and Arteaga along the Pacific Coast. It is considered to be a continuation of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Peaks in this range average about above sea level, with the largest being the Cerro de las Canoas. The Mexican Trans Volcanic Belt crosses the state from west to east toward the Toluca Valley and Valley of Mexico. This mountain range is marked by appearance of many volcanoes, active, dormant, and extinct alike. This system is subdivided into regions such as the Sierra de Tancítaro, Sierra de Periban, Sierra de San Angel and others. The best-known volcano in this region is the Paricutín volcano.
Chicoloapan de Juárez
Chicoloapan de Juárez is the municipal seat and largest city in the municipality of Chicoloapan in State of Mexico, Mexico. It is located in the eastern part of the state, just east of Chimalhuacán and northeast of the Federal District (Distrito Federal), within the Greater Mexico City urban area.
Huandacareo, Michoacán
Although rural, the municipality has a low grade of socioeconomic marginalization, with less than nine percent living in extreme poverty. Ninety five percent of the municipality’s roads are paved with the exceptions in very rural areas. The main road in the municipality is 8 de enero, which connects Huandacaro with Villa Morelos, Puruándiro, Chucándiro and Cuitzeo. The main economic staples are still agriculture along with some tourism and industry. Agriculture includes the raising of corn, alfalfa, chickpeas and garlic, along with pigs and domestic fowl. Industry mostly consists of food processing and plants that make pig feed. Traditional handcrafts include items woven from cotton, basketry and palm frond hats. About eighty percent of the municipality’s homes had workshops in the 1990s. Today that number has fallen, but each community still has four or five. Tourist attractions include the La Nopalera side, thermal springs, the Augustinian church and the atrium crosses.
Coalcomán River
The Coalcomán River is a river of Michoacán state, in western−central Mexico.
Municipalities of Michoacán
Michoacán is a state in West Mexico that is divided into 113 municipalities.
Monte Grande, Michoacán
Monte Grande, Michoacán is a "rancho" (ranch) located in the Mexican State of Michoacán. This "rancho" has an area of 153.41 square kilometres (0.12% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of San Lucas, Michoacán, It sits between the state of Guerrero, and to the west of Huetamo, Michoacán another popular city in the region of Tierra Caliente (Mexico).
Tepalcatepec
Tepalcatepec, also known as "Tepeque", is a city and municipality in the state of Michoacán, located in the southwestern Tierra Caliente region of the state. The municipality borders the state of Jalisco to the north and west.
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
When known as Los Llanitos, it formed part of the municipality of Arteaga. In 1932 it was given town status and named Melchor Ocampo, after politician Melchor Ocampo. On April 12, 1937, during the governorship of José María Mendoza Prado, the state congress decreed the creation of the municipality of Melchor Ocampo del Balsas. The name of the municipality changed again on November 17, 1970, to Lázaro Cárdenas, in honor of the popular former president who had died the previous month.
Miss Michoacán
Miss Michoacán is a beauty pageant held in Michoacán, Mexico, that selects that state's representative for the national Miss Mexico Organization pageant. The state organization has not had a national winner.
Santa Fe Del Rio
Santa Fe del Río is located in the municipality of Penjamillo in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo.
Apatzingán
Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and its surrounding municipality, in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Parácuaro
It is located in the southwest region of the state at 19° 8'45.83" N and 102°13'9.68" W at a height of 600 meters above sea level. It is bordered on the north by Tancítaro and New Parangaricutiro, on the east by Gabriel Zamora and Múgica, and on the south and the west by Apatzingán. It is 200 km from the capital of Michoacán.
Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Televisión
The Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Televisión (Michoacán State Radio and Television System or SMRTV) is the public broadcaster of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It includes statewide FM and TV networks, as well as an AM radio station in the state capital of Morelia. SMRTV's programming primarily consists of scientific, cultural and educational content, along with news and sports coverage.
Juárez Municipality, Michoacán
Juárez is a municipality located in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 141.21 square kilometres (0.24% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Zitácuaro, to the east and south Susupuato, and to the west by Tuzantla and Jungapeo. The municipality had a population of 12, 016 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its 
municipal seat is the city of Benito Juárez.
Tocuaro
Tocuaro is a small village near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
El Caracol, Michoacán
El Caracol y sus alrededores
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Handcrafts and folk art in Michoacán
Evidence of pre Hispanic craftsmanship, especially in ceramics, can be found in all parts of the state, but the most developed crafts traditions date from the Purépecha Empire, which centered on Lake Pátzcuaro and extended east to what is now the Michoacán border with the State of Mexico. Pre Hispanic centers of production included Cojumatlán, Zinapécuaro, Apatzingán, Tepalcatepec, Huetamo, Morelia and Cuitzeo as well as the coast and along the Balsas River .
2012 Michoacán murder of photographers
The two photographers were last seen on 16 August 2012 while on their way to photograph a social event. Their families said they had left home around 9 p.m. to work. Their bodies were found in the trunk of an abandoned car on Sunday, 19 August 2012 in the rural area of Tinaja de Vargas, outside the city of Ecuandureo. This city is about 90 miles from the town of Morelia, the capital of Michoacán. Their bodies showed signs of torture and they were killed by gunshot wounds around the head.
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 economically due its location. The city was conquered by the Spanish in 1522, when the last Purépecha ruler fled the Pátzcuaro area to here. The modern city was laid out in 1534 by Friar Juan de San Miguel. It played an important role in the War of Independence, and was the capital of Michoacán during the French Intervention. Today it is the center of Mexico’s avocado growing region, with most of the crop distributed from here nationally and internationally.
Ocampo, Guanajuato
Ocampo is a city (and municipality) located in the northwest region of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 1,019.49 square kilometres (3.7% of the surface of the state) and is bordered and to the south and east by San Felipe, to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the west by the state of Jalisco. The municipality had a population of 23,500 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.
Michoacán
The Zamora region is center of the city of the same name in an area known as the Purépecha Mesa. Pre-Hispanic language and customs are preserved here as well as a large number of crafts such s the pottery of Ptamban and the embroidery of Tarecuato. The region is part of an area of Mexico known as the Bajío and has extensive agriculture, livestock and some industry. Regional dishes such as pigs' feet, breads baked in wood fired ovens, tamales, pozole and dishes made with avocados and corn are promoted here. Important towns outside of Zamora include Camécuaro, Orandiro, La Estancia and La Alberca. The city of Zamora is home to one of the oldest cultures in the west of Mexico which dates to about 1750 BCE, known as the Opeño. The Spanish city was founded as a military garrison.
Enandio, Juárez, Michoacán
Enandio is located in the Juárez Municipality, Michoacán, two miles before arriving at Los Laureles, Michoacán (Benito Juarez).
Ocampo, Chihuahua
Melchor Ocampo, more commonly simply Ocampo is a town and seat of the municipality of Ocampo, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 527.
Otzoloapan
The total municipality has and in 2005 had a population of 4,748. It borders the municipalities of Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Zacazonapan, Tejupilco, Temascaltepec, and Valle de Bravo and with state of Michoacán. The municipality was founded in 1894.
Zamora, Michoacán
The city of Zamora is an important economic center in the state and the most significant population center between the cities of Morelia and Guadalajara. The city is located on the Tarascan Plateau in the northwestern part of the state, at an elevation of 1,567 m (5,141 ft) above sea level. Zamora is surrounded by the fertile Tziróndaro Valley which is an important agricultural area that exports large amounts of produce to the United States.
Jiquilpan, Michoacán
Jiquilpan ( ) (also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality "(municipio)" in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is Jiquilpan de Juárez.
Peribán
Peribán is a municipality located in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 331.87 square kilometres (0.56% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Los Reyes, to the east by Uruapan, to the southeast by Tancítaro, to the south by Buenavista, and to the west by the state of Jalisco. The municipality had a population of 20,965 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Peribán de Ramos.
Michoacán
Michoacán, as all states of Mexico, is divided into municipalities ("municipios"), creating 113 municipalities of Michoacán.
Coahuayana
Coahuayana is a municipality located in the southwest region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 362.34 square kilometres (0.61% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Chinicuila, to the south by Aquila and the Pacific Ocean, and to the west and northwest by the state of Colima. The municipality had a population of 11,632 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
Payo Enríquez de Rivera
In January 1668 Enríquez de Rivera was transferred by Pope Clement IX to the Diocese of Michoacán in New Spain, but while he was on the road to take up his new position, news reached him that he was to become, instead, the Archbishop of Mexico. He governed there from 1668 to 1681.
Michoacán
The state is located in the center west of the Mexican Republic, on the extreme southwest of the central highlands. It borders the states of Mexico, Querétaro, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Jalisco and Colima, with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The state has a territory of , making it the sixteenth largest in Mexico (exactly at midpoint among Mexican states in Area). In addition, it also has of marine territory off its Pacific coast.
Mexican Federal Highway 15D
The Highway 15D designation returns east of Guadalajara, with a new toll road operator, Red de Carreteras de Occidente, a consortium of and Goldman Sachs which was awarded a package of various operating highways in 2007. The RCO stretch begins at Mexican Federal Highway 90D near Zapotlanejo, intersecting the under-construction Macrolibramiento Sur De Guadalajara. Heading east, Highway 15D provides access to Ocotlán and La Barca before crossing into Michoacán. In Michoacán, Highway 15D provides access to Ecuandureo, Churintzio, Panindícuaro and Huaniqueo. Skirting the southern shore of Cuitzeo Lake, Highway 15D encounters three major interchanges leading to Michoacán's major cities. Mexican Federal Highway 14D begins at Copándaro and leads to Pátzcuaro, Uruapan and Lázaro Cárdenas; Mexican Federal Highway 43D leads south to Morelia and north to Salamanca, Guanajuato; and Highway 48D serves as a toll road connecting Morelia and Highway 15D with access to the Morelia International Airport. Heading east, it meets Mexican Federal Highway 120 at Zinapécuaro before the RCO segment ends at Maravatío.
San Pedro Cahro
San Pedro Cahro or San Pedro is a town located in North-western part of the state of Michoacan, Mexico. The town is located 15 minutes away from Lake Chapala and 170 kilometers from the state capital, Morelia. San Pedro Cahro is also known as Venustiano Carranza, and is located at 20°06' north latitude, 102° west longitude, with an elevation of 1.500 meters above sea level.
Miss Michoacán
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Churumuco
Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana, to the northeast by Turicato, to the south by the state of Guerrero, to the southwest by Huetamo, and to the west by Arteaga. The municipality had a population of 13,801 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Boquillas del Carmen
Boquillas del Carmen, frequently known simply as Boquillas, is a village in northern Mexico on the banks of the Rio Grande. It is the northernmost populated place in the municipality of Ocampo, which lies within the Mexican state of Coahuila. Situated next to the Mexico–United States border, visitors on foot from the United States can enter the village via the Boquillas Port of Entry and tourism is the principal industry in Boquillas.
El Caracol, Michoacán
Avocado Farm
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Contepec
Contepec is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located east of the state capital of Morelia.
Jacona, Michoacán
Jacona de Plancarte (Jacona) is a city, and the county seat 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.
Apaxco de Ocampo, Mexico State
Apaxco de Ocampo is a town and the municipal seat of the Apaxco municipality, Mexico State in Mexico. As of 2010, the town has a population of 13,836.
Mexicana Universal Michoacán
Mexicana Universal Michoacán is a pageant in Michoacán, Mexico, that selects that state's representative for the national Mexicana Universal pageant.
Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico
Melchor Ocampo is a town and municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 32.48 km².
Michoacán
The Patzcuaro region is extremely important to the state due to its history of having been the center of the Purépecha Empire as well as the first capital of the colonial province of Michoacán. Its pre-Hispanic heritage is evident by the Tzintzuntzan and Ihuatizo sites as well as the large number of people who still speak the Purépecha language and maintain pre-Hispanic customs. Vasco de Quiroga established the first capital at Patzcuaro and was instrumental to building the colonial era economy of the Lake Patzcuaro area. The lake is surrounded by mountains and forests as well as the towns of Cuanajo, Tupátaro, Eronguícuaro and Quiroga. These towns are noted for their crafts and popular religious festivals such as the feast of the Señor del Rescate in Tzintzuntzan, Holy Week and especially Noche de Muertos or Night of the Dead. This area is the most important to the state with the most visited town, Patzcuaro with its basilica and museums.
Nazario Moreno González
The alleged death of Moreno González was considered one of the most significant government victories since the start of the drug war in 2006. La Familia Michoacana was the focus of the government because their stronghold, Michoacán state, is approximately four hours away from the country's capital, Mexico City. In addition, Michoacán is the homestate of former President Felipe Calderón, who made it a top priority to pacify it.
El Fresno, Michoacán
The small town of El Fresno is located in the North West of Jiquilpan, Mexican State of Michoacán de Ocampo and South West of Sahuayo, De Morelos, Michoacán.
Cuitzeo
The town/municipality is located in the north of the state of Michoacán, in the Cuitzeo Depression, with only small hills such as the Manuna and Melón.
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza was born in Lerma, Mexico in 1649.
On 3 October 1701, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Durango.
On October 28, 1618, he was consecrated bishop by García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz, Bishop of Michoacán. On September 17, 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Michoacán; and installed on 27 June 1704. He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 15 May 1708.
Axochiapan
Joaquín Camaño Pérez was born in Axochiapan in 1887. Joaquín was the son of Martín Camaño and Petra García Sánchez. He began fighting at a very young age because he was angered by injustice. His scope included Jonacatepec to Chietla in the state of Puebla. He united with General Francisco Mendoza's forces and was in the contingent that accompanied the General Emiliano Zapata in Chinameca where he was assassinated.Axochiapan is located at 18°30’ N and 98°45’ W at an altitude of 1,030 meters above sea level. It is bordered at the north with the municipality of Jonacatepec, to the south and east with the state of Puebla, and to the east with the municipality of Tepalcingo.
Handcrafts and folk art in Michoacán
In the eastern part of the state, near the border with the State of Mexico, is the town of Tlalpujahua. This community is known for Christmas ornaments that are blown from glass then hand-painted. This craft began after Joaquin Muñoz Orta returned from the United States, where he became familiar with the tradition of using glass balls to decorate trees. They began creating them in Mexico City but returned to his hometown to continue in 1964, where his business grew to make millions of the balls each year, exporting most. Today, the making of ornaments remains the main generator of employment for this area.
Tangamandapio
Tangamandapio is a municipality located in the northwest part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, WSW of Zamora, Michoacán, 165 km from the state capital of Morelia. The geographic coordinates are: 19° 57' North latitude and 102° 26' West longitude. The original name is Santiago Tangamandapio.
El Rodeo de San Antonio, Michoácan
El Rodeo de San Antonio is a city located in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. This community belongs to the municipal of Jose Sixto Verduzco and is located between the borders of the state of Michoacán and Guanajuato. El Rodeo is formally known as Heroes de Chapultepec but it is popularly known as El Rodeo de San Antonio. The town is home to more than 2000 residents. However, another 4500 people currently have immigrated to the United States.
Huandacareo
Huandacareo (or Guandacareo) is an archaeological zone located about 60 kilometers north of the city of Morelia, in the state of Michoacán.
Huandacareo
The site is located in the Michoacán () region. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl and means "place of the fishermen" referring to those who fish on Lake Pátzcuaro. In prehispanic times, the area was the home of the Purépecha Empire, which rivaled the Aztec Empire. The state has today native members of the Purépecha people as well as Otomis and Nahuas.
Pátzcuaro
Pátzcuaro () is a large town and municipality located in the state of Michoacán. The town was founded sometime in the 1320s, at first becoming the capital of the Tarascan state and later its ceremonial center. After the Spanish took over, Vasco de Quiroga worked to make Pátzcuaro the capital of the New Spain province of Michoacán, but after his death, the capital would be moved to nearby Valladolid (today Morelia). Pátzcuaro has retained its colonial and indigenous character since then, and it has been named one of the 111 "Pueblo Mágico" by the government of Mexico. Pátzcuaro, and the lake region it belongs to, is well known as a site for Day of the Dead celebrations.
Ixtlán, Michoacan
Ixtlán is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
The municipality is located in the northwest of the state, 174 km from the state capital of Morelia. It has a territory of 124.36 square kilometres, bordering the municipalities of Tanhuato, Ecuandureo, Chavinda, Zamora, Pajacuarán and Vista Hermosa. The seat is Ixtlán de los Hervores. This seat serves as the local government for the entire territory, with a municipal president, a syndic, and 7 representatives called regidors. Other principal communities include La Plaza del Limón, La Estanzuela, San Simón and Valenciano. The main economic activities of the municipalities are farming, ranching and commerce.
Paracho de Verduzco
Paracho de Verduzco (often called merely Paracho) is a small city located in Michoacán, Mexico. Located at , about west of the state capital Morelia, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Paracho. It has a population of 37,464.
Palm Sunday Handcraft Market
The Palm Sunday Handcraft Market (Tianguis de Domingo de Ramos), held in Uruapan, is the largest event in the Mexican state of Michoacán dedicated to the sale of the state’s traditional handcrafts and is reputed to be the largest of its kind in Latin America. The event draws over 1,300 artisans who offer over a million pieces for sale, which represent all of the state’s major handcraft traditions. It also includes other events such as a handcraft competition, exhibition of indigenous dress, food and other traditions, concerts, dance and more. The event is centered on the very large main plaza of the city of Uruapan, but extends over to adjoining streets and to other plazas in the city.
Michoacán
The Uruapan region stresses its cultural and natural heritage. The city is one of the oldest settlements in the state, which was initially settled by the Meseta Purépecha. This city contains a number of attractions such as La Huatápera, colonial era hospital founded by Vasco de Quiroga, the Temple of San Francisco and the Eduardo Ruiz Municipal Museum. One other attraction is the narrowest house in the world as documented by the Guinness Book of World Records. Other important cities in the region are Apatzingán and Caracha.
Uruapan is surrounded by hundreds of hectares of forests and by fertile fields growing fruits and flowers, many of which only grow here. Some of the natural attractions of the zone include the Santa Catarina Dam and the La Tzaráacua and La Tzararacuita waterfalls. Smaller towns and villages in this region are known for their religious and popular festivals, many of which occur in the summer. Examples of these are the feasts of Señor del Calvario in Quinceo, of San Mateo Ahuiran in Paracho and the National Guitar Festival in Paracho. The best-known town in the region is San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro, which was founded due to the destruction of its original namesake by the eruption of the Paricutín volcano.
San Antonio Tariácuri
As Michoacan de Ocampo is geographically divided into 113 important cities, Tariácuri belongs to the one named Zacapu that means "Place made out of Stone" pointed to be the origin of the Purepechan Empire.
Quiroga, Michoacán
Quiroga is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipal seat of Quiroga is also called Quiroga.
Beautiful Michoacán
Beautiful Michoacán (Spanish:¡Qué lindo es Michoacán!) is a 1943 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Tito Guízar, Gloria Marín and Víctor Manuel Mendoza. A wealthy woman travels to Michoacán where she has inherited an estate.
Zinapécuaro
Zinapécuaro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located northeast of the state capital Morelia.
Ecuandureo
Ecuandureo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located in the northwestern part of the state and its head is the town of Ecuandureo.
Huasca de Ocampo
Huasca de Ocampo ( ) is a town and municipality of the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico. It is located 34 km from Pachuca and 16 km from Real del Monte in the Pachuca Mountains. While the town itself is just within the mountain range, much of the municipal land is located in a valley that opens up to the east of the town. While one of the first haciendas to be established in Mexico is located here, economic development started with mining haciendas built by Pedro Romero de Terreros in the 18th century. By the mid 20th century, none of these haciendas were in existence, having been broken up into communal farm lands ( ejido ) and some even fully or partially under lakes created by dams. While agriculture remains important economically, the area has been promoted as a tourism destination, especially for weekend visitors from Mexico City, with attractions such as canyons, traditional houses, old hacienda facilities and waterfalls.
Tuxpan, Michoacán
The target in Michoacán was to move most of the native Indians to newly built or reconstructed towns. Catholic missionaries prepared the land so it could officially be made into a town. On October 4, 1598, a special ceremony was held for the birth of the town of Tuxpan, Michoacán. All sorts of people attended the ceremony, including the Indian chief of the land, government officials, men who had already purchased a large area of land, and the many Indians who already lived on the land.
Briseñas
Briseñas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The capital of the municipality is Briseñas de Matamoros. The population of the community according to the INEGI, is 10,653 (2010).
Ocampo Municipality, Coahuila
Ocampo is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico, and the largest by area. The municipal seat lies at Ocampo. The municipality covers an area of 26,433 km² and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.
Michoacán
A large population of Afro-Mexicans can be found throughout the southern regions of Michoacán as well as other regions of the State, along with a large population of indigenous people.
The indigenous population is estimated at just over seven percent of the total, with most living in 29 municipalities. Many are Purépecha, which are located in the Meseta-Cañada, Patzcuaro Lake, Zirahuén Lake, and Zacapu regions. In the east of the state, in the municipalities of Ocampo, Anguangueo, Tuxpan, Hidalgo, Maravatío and Zitácuaro, there is a mix of Mazahua, Otomi and Purépecha. On the coast can be found the Aquila, Chinicuila and Coahuayana peoples.
Michoacán
The Mexican Revolution came to Michoacán in 1911, when those loyal to Francisco I. Madero proclaimed Santa Clara del Cobre as their territory, then went on to take towns around Lake Patzcuaro under the leadership of Salvador Escalante. The governor of the state, Aristeo Mendoza, resigned. Fighting among various factions would continue in parts of the state for the rest of the war. The state's current constitution was ratified in 1918.
San Lucas Municipality, Michoacán
The municipality is located at the southeast of the state bordering the Mexican state of Guerrero. It has a territory of 468.01 km2, which represents the 9% of the state of Michoacán. San Lucas takes part of the San Lucas municipality. The government is constituted by a municipal president, one syndic, and three regidors. Other principal communities include Angao, San Pedro, Tacupa, Riva Palacio, and Tamarindo. San Lucas’ principal crafts are the production of palm hats, huaraches and more.
Governor of Michoacán
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, the exercise of the Ejectivo Power of this Mexican organization, it is deposited in a single individual, that denominates Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo and that is elect for a period of 6 years without any possibility of re-election. The governmental period begins day of February 15 of the year of the election and finishes on February 14 after having passed six years.
Mexican cuisine
West of Mexico City are the states of Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima, as well as the Pacific coast. The cuisine of Michoacan is based on the Purepecha culture, which still dominates most of the state. The area has a large network of rivers and lakes providing fish. Its use of corn is perhaps the most varied. While atole is drunk in most parts of Mexico, it is made with more different flavors in Michoacán, including blackberry, cascabel chile and more. Tamales come in different shapes, wrapped in corn husks. These include those folded into polyhedrons called corundas and can vary in name if the filling is different. In the Bajío area, tamales are often served with a meat stew called churipo, which is flavored with cactus fruit.
The main Spanish contributions to Michoacán cuisine are rice, pork and spices. One of the best-known dishes from the state is morisquesta, which is a sausage and rice dish, closely followed by carnitas, which is deep-fried pork. The latter can be found in many parts of Mexico, often claimed to be authentically Michoacán. Other important ingredients in the cuisine include wheat (where bread symbolizes fertility) found in breads and pastries. Another is sugar, giving rise to a wide variety of desserts and sweets, such as fruit jellies and ice cream, mostly associated with the town of Tocumbo. The town of Cotija has a cheese named after it. The local alcoholic beverage is charanda, which is made with fermented sugar cane.
Tacámbaro
Tacámbaro is a municipality located in the central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its largest city and municipal seat is Heroica Tacámbaro de Codallos.
Zacapu
Zacapu ("Place of Stones"), is a city and surrounding municipality 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.