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La Caratacua Destination Guide

Discover La Caratacua in Mexico

La Caratacua in the region of Michoacán is a town located in Mexico - some 198 mi or ( 319 km ) West of Mexico City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Caratacua

Local time in La Caratacua is now 05:31 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Puebla, Mexico City, Zacatecas, Uruapan, and Tepic. When in this area, you might want to check out Puebla . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in La Caratacua ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

ajef at uruapan, mexico, july 2008

0:38 min by ajefajef
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A panoramic view of my hometown: Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. this view was from the top of the Cerro de Jicalan, on July 2008. Cool trip to MEXICO !!!! ..

CASCADA LA TZARARACUA- MICHOACAN -MEXICO-MAVIPOL

0:53 min by mavipol
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Planet Kapow 15 : Morelia to Paricutin

4:41 min by planetkapow
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Morelia to Paricutin ..

La Plaza

0:56 min by Segho89
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jicalan ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro

Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, is a small village near the Parícutin volcano. The city is called "Nuevo" (Spanish for "New") because the original San Juan Parangaricutiro was destroyed during the formation of the Parícutin volcano in 1943. Along with the village of Parícutin, San Juan Parangaricutiro was buried beneath ash and lava. The tops of cathedrals in old San Juan Parangaricutiro still protrude from the volcanic deposits.

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Located at 19.40 -102.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Destroyed cities, Populated places in Michoacán

Lic. y Gen. Ignacio López Rayón International Airport

Lic. y Gen. Ignacio López Rayón International Airport, also known as "Uruapan International Airport", serves the Mexican city of Uruapan, and is the second largest international gateway of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It has one terminal. The airport is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned corporation. It is the second busiest airport in the state of Michoacan after Morelia International Airport.

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Located at 19.40 -102.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Airports in Mexico

Tancítaro

Tancítaro is a municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 717.65 square kilometres (1.21% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Peribán and Uruapan, to the east by Nuevo Parangaricutiro, to southeast by Parácuaro, to the south by Apatzingán, and to the southwest by Buenavista. The municipality had a population of 26,089 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.

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Located at 19.34 -102.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Michoacán, Populated places in Michoacán

Parícutin

Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. The volcano is unique in the fact that its evolution from creation to extinction was witnessed, observed and studied by human beings. It appears on many versions of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Parícutin is part of the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field, which covers much of west central Mexico.

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Located at 19.49 -102.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: 1943 natural disasters, 20th-century volcanic events, Cinder cones, Destroyed cities, Geology of Mexico, Monogenetic volcanoes, Mountains of Mexico, Natural disasters in Mexico, Pyroclastic cones, VEI-4 volcanoes, Volcanoes of Mexico

Gabriel Zamora

Gabriel Zamora is a municipality in the center of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 426.98 square kilometres (0.72% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Nuevo Parangaricutiro, 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. Its municipal seat is the city of Lombardía.

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Located at 19.15 -102.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Michoacán