Gabriel Zamora

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Gabriel Zamora is a municipality in the center of the Mexican square kilometres (0.72% of the surface of the state)[1] and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of , Uruapan and Taretan, to the east by Nuevo Urecho, to the south by Múgica, and to the west by Parácuaro. The municipality had a population of 19,876 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[2] Its municipal seat is the city of Lombardía.

Before having its name change to Gabriel Zamora, the municipality was known as a Hacienda de La Zanja. It was purchased by Dante Cusi[3] and renamed Lombardia, after his native región of Lombardía, Italy[4].

In 1993, the municipality was and remains named after Gabriel Zamora, a Mexican farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist.

References[]

  1. ^ Michoacán Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on October 7, 2007
  2. ^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  3. ^ Cusi, Ezio. Memorias de un colono. Colección México heroico. Editorial Jus, 1969
  4. ^ Pureco Ornelas, Alfredo. Empresarios lombardos en Michoacán. La familia Cusi entre el porfiriato y la posrevolución (1884-1938). Publisher El Colegio de Michoacán A.C. / Instituto Mora, 2010. ISBN 9786077764380

Coordinates: 19°09′N 102°03′W / 19.150°N 102.050°W / 19.150; -102.050


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