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Explore Cuanajo in Mexico

Cuanajo in the region of Michoacán with its 5,110 inhabitants is a town in Mexico - some 156 mi or ( 251 km ) West of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Cuanajo is now 01:07 AM (Sunday) . 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: Toluca, Puebla, Mexico City, Villa Escalante, and Tzintzuntzan. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Toluca . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Cuanajo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Taco stands in Patzcuaro, Michoacan,Mexico

1:31 min by InnfoGraphics
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This is a row of my favoite taco stands in the market at Patzcuaro Mexico ..

Painting around Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico

10:00 min by Anthony Holdsworth
Views: 12936 Rating: 4.79

Anthony Holdsworth leads a painting expedition to Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. This slide show focuses on colonial and indigenous Purepecha culture and the arttists' work. Some Purepecha music ..


Visita de Pátzcuaro ciudad colonial y pueblo magico, Ciudad de Michoacán

10:00 min by cayoweb
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Patzcuaro is an enchantment without equal , that is why the ancient inhabitants of Michoacán, in the days of the purépechas kings chose it to be the place of recreation for the indigenous nobility, an ..

Basilica de Nuetra señora de la salud, Patzcuaro, 2007

0:30 min by cayoweb
Views: 6212 Rating: 5.00

Es el templo más importante de Pátzcuaro, resultado de varias reconstrucciones. Funcionó como Sede Catedralicia hasta que ésta fue trasladada a Valladolid, hoy Morelia, en 1580. En él se venera a la V ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santa Clara del Cobre

Santa Clara del Cobre is a town and municipality located in the center of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, 18 km from Pátzcuaro and 79 km from the state capital of Morelia. While the official name of the municipality is Salvador Escalante, and the town is often marked as "Villa Escalante" or "Salvador Escalante" on maps, both entities are interchangeably called Santa Clara del Cobre. The town is part of the Pátzcuaro region of Michoacán, and ethnically dominated by the P'urhépecha people.

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Located at 19.41 -101.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Michoacán, Populated places in Michoacán, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Punzo family (copper crafts)

The Punzo family contains two of the best known copper and silver smiths located in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico. The family descends from copper smith Carlos Punzo Córdoba. The two main smiths today are brothers Abdón Punzo Ángel and Ignacio Punzo Ángel, each of whom has his own workshop in which their sons and grandsons work and learn the craft of working copper and silver.

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Located at 19.41 -101.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Mexican artists

Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site)

Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital of the same name. The name comes from the P'urhépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". After being in Pátzcuaro for the first years of the Tarascan empire, power was consolidated in Tzintzuntzan in the mid 15th century. The empire continued to grow and hold off attacks by the neighboring Aztec Empire, until the Spanish arrived.

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Located at 19.62 -101.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Michoacán, Mesoamerican pyramids, Tarascan sites

Tocuaro

Tocuaro is a small village near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:19.539|-101.694|type:city_region:MX|||||| |primary |name= }} 45px This article about a location in the Mexican state of Michoacán is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vte it is 340 km. from Mexico city.

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Located at 19.54 -101.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Populated places in Michoacán

Lake Pátzcuaro

Lake Pátzcuaro is a lake in the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. The natives believe that the lake is the place where the barrier between life and death is the thinnest. Lake Pátzcuaro lies in an endorheic basin, which does not drain to the sea. A watershed area of 929 square kilometers drains into the lake, of which 126.4 are the water body. The Lake Pátzcuaro watershed extends 50 kilometers east-west and 33 kilometers from north to south.

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Located at 19.63 -101.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Endorheic lakes, Geography of Michoacán, Lakes of Mexico, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt