Zacapu

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Zacapu
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Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and surrounding municipality in the [1] of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at

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19°49′N 101°48′W / 19.817°N 101.800°W / 19.817; -101.800. The municipality has an area of 455.96 km2 (176.05 sq mi). Geographic features in Zacapu include the mountain range.

Demographics[]

The 2010 Mexican census indicated that the city had a population of 52,806 and the municipality a population of 73,455.[2]

Notable people[]

  • , writer
  • , noted oncologist
  • , poet
  • Fray Jacobo Daciano, Danish Franciscan priest, member of the Tzintzuntzan convent
  • , labor leader who organized farming communities against landholders. He was assassinated in 1926.
  • , philanthropist and community activist
  • Armando Martínez (cyclist), cyclist
  • Rodolfo Vitela, cyclist
  • , businessman
  • , boxer
  • , marathonist
  • Eugenio Calderón, professional footballer, played for Cruz Azul, Morelia, Irapuato, Tigres and Guadalajara. Retired in 1992.
  • , artist, designer, welder, semi-professional footballer.
  • , professional footballer, play for Morelia, Atlas and currently Tigres.

References[]

  1. ^ "Zacapú". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Marco Geoestadistico Nacional". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (in Spanish). INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

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)


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