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Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and surrounding municipality in the Nahuatzen mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at 19°49′N 101°48′W. The municipality has an area of 455.96 km2 (176.05 sq mi). Geographic features in Zacapu include the Cerro del Tecolote mountain range.

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Map of Zacapu, Michoac%C3%A1n, Mexico

Demographics

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

Notable people

  • José Ángel Aguilar, writer
  • Rodolfo Gutierrez, noted oncologist
  • Juan B. Guido, poet
  • Fray Jacobo Daciano, Danish Franciscan priest, member of the Tzintzuntzan convent
  • Primo Tapia de la Cruz, labor leader who organized farming communities against landholders. He was assassinated in 1926.
  • Abel Alcázar Pallares, philanthropist and community activist
  • Armando Martínez (cyclist), cyclist
  • Rodolfo Vitela, cyclist
  • Jorge del Pozzo, businessman
  • César Martínez, boxer
  • Adolfo García Trujillo, marathonist
  • Eugenio Calderón, professional footballer, played for Cruz Azul, Morelia, Irapuato, Tigres and Guadalajara. Retired in 1992.

    • References

    Zacapu Wikipedia
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