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La Huacana Destination Guide

Explore La Huacana in Mexico

La Huacana in the region of Michoacán with its 9,351 inhabitants is a town in Mexico - some 178 mi or ( 287 km ) West of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

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Current time in La Huacana is now 10:06 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Puebla, Mexico City, Zacatecas, Urapa, and Tepic. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Puebla . Where to go and what to see in La Huacana ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

El Jorullo

El Jorullo is a cinder cone volcano in Michoacán, central Mexico, on the southwest slope of the central plateau, 33 miles (53 kilometers) southeast of Uruapan in an area known as the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field. Coordinates are {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:18|58|26.43|N|101|43|2.97|W|type:city | |name= }} (18.974008, −101.717492), about 6 miles (10 kilometers) east-northeast of La Huacana. Its current elevation is 1,320 metres .

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Located at 18.97 -101.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Cinder cones, Geography of Michoacán, Mountains of Mexico, Pyroclastic cones, Volcanoes of Mexico

Nuevo Urecho

Nuevo Urecho is a municipality located in the center of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 330.66 square kilometres (0.56% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Taretan, to the east by Ario, to the south by La Huacana, and to the west by Gabriel Zamora. The municipality had a population of 7,722 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.

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Located at 19.17 -101.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Michoacán, Populated places in Michoacán

Mexicana Flight 940

Flight 940 was operating its scheduled flight route Mexico City-Puerto Vallarta-Mazatlán-Los Angeles operated by Mexicana Airlines (Compañia Mexicana de Aviación). On March 31, 1986, the flight departed from Mexico City utilizing a Boeing 727-264 registered as XA-MEM. Fifteen minutes into the morning flight, the plane crashed into a mountain named El Carbón in the rugged Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of central Mexico.

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Located at 19.17 -101.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: 1986 in Mexico, Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 727, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1986, Aviation accidents and incidents in Mexico, Mexicana accidents and incidents