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Jiquilpan (Spanish: ⓘ; also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is Jiquilpan de Juárez .
The municipality has an area of 504.05 km 2 (0.91% of the surface of the state), and is bordered to the north by Jiquilpan and Villamar, to the east by Tocumbo, and to south by the state of Jalisco. The municipality had a population of 18,207 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. [1] Its municipal seat is the city of Cotija de la Paz (pop ...
Jiquilpan de Juárez is a town of about 15,000 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 (1934–40).
The small town of El Fresno [1] is located in the northwest of Jiquilpan, Mexican State of Michoacán de Ocampo [2] and southwest of Sahuayo, De Morelos, Michoacán. The small town has over 207 inhabitants and is over 1960 meters above sea level. The town is noticeable because of the milk and cheese.
Municipalities in Michoacan are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. [3] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal ) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council ( ayuntamiento ) responsible for ...
The Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia is celebrated annually that is dedicated to Mexican cinema. The Plaza Monumental de Morelia was established in 1951, which was destined exclusively for bullfights. Nowadays, the ring also hosts concerts, lucha libre, and weddings. [41] The Uruapan region stresses its cultural and natural heritage.
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 ...
José Manuel Mireles Valverde (24 October 1958 – 25 November 2020) was a Mexican medical doctor, leader and founder [3] of the paramilitary self-defense groups that fought against the Knights Templar Cartel, and other cartels, during the on-going cartel wars in the state of Michoacán and others, in México. [4]