Zacapu

Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and surrounding municipality in the Nahuatzen mountains^[1] 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 and Zacapu Lagoon.

Zacapu

Santa Ana Church

Demographics

The 2010 Mexican census indicated that the city had a population of 52,806 and the municipality a population of 73,455.^[2]

Notable people

• José Ángel Aguilar, writer
• Rudy 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.
• Jaime Contreras, artist, designer, welder, semi-professional footballer.
• Hugo Ayala Castro, professional footballer, play for Morelia, Atlas and currently Tigres.

References

1. "Zacapú". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
2. "Marco Geoestadistico Nacional". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (in Spanish). INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

External links

• Michoacán, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
• Zacapu.com, website from Zacapu city (in Spanish)
• Zacapu.gob.mx, Zacapu municipal government website (in Spanish)