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La Piedad, "north door" of the state of Michoacán, surrounding the Lerma river, has limits at the north with the municipalities of Degollado, Jalisco and Pénjamo, Guanajuato; at the east with the municipality of Numarán, Michoacán; at the south with the municipalities of Zináparo, Churintzio, and Ecuandureo, Michoacán; and at the west with the municipality of Yurécuaro.
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 ...
Zamora de Hidalgo is located in the northwestern part of the state of Michoacán on the Tarascan Plateau at an elevation of 1,567 m 5,141 ft) above sea level. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality , which has an area of 330.97 km 2 (127.79 sq mi) and includes many other smaller communities, the largest of which is Ario de Rayón ...
Yurécuaro is a town and a municipality in the region of the Chapala cienega at the north-west in the Mexican state of Michoacán, [1] at a height of 1530 meters (5065 ft) above sea level.
Federal Highway 110D, also known as the Libramiento Norte de La Piedad, is a toll highway bypassing La Piedad, Michoacán. The road is operated by Empresas ICA . It opened to traffic in 2012 and bypasses La Piedad to the north, passing through Michoacán, Jalisco and Guanajuato.
In 1528, it was awarded as an encomienda to Cristóbal de Oñate, and the town was formally established in 1535. Five years later, a chapel and convent were founded in the town. In 1631, a partido de indios was established with Tacámbaro as the capital. Epidemics of disease, particularly that of 1575, had stripped the town of much of its ...
Here the state stresses the kilometres of beaches and other natural areas in which to practice ecotourism and extreme sports. Beaches include Maruata, Faro de Bucerías, the Pichi Estuary, La Laguna de Mezcala, La Ticla and Nexpa, with the last two popular for surfing, with their regular two-three-meter waves. A number of these beaches are ...
24 (0.9) 10 (0.4) 1,101 (43.4) Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2 2 1 2 7 15 20 19 16 9 3 1 97 ... Government of Michoacan site; History and images of this town