Zacapu

Zacapu
Convento de Santa Ana and Concha Acústica
José María Morelos horse statue
World´s biggest bicycle
La Zarcita Park
La Zarcita Park
Virgin of Guadalupe Sanctuary
Zacapu Bus Station
Zacapu
Zacapu
Coordinates: 19°49′07″N 101°47′33″W / 19.81861°N 101.79250°W / 19.81861; -101.79250
Country Mexico
StateMichoacán
MunicipalityZacapu
FoundedJune 29, 1548
Named afterJosé María Morelos
Government
 • Municipal PresidentMónica Estela Valdez Pulido
Area
 • Total
6.61 sq mi (17.11 km2)
Elevation
6,568 ft (2,002 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
55,287
 • Density8,369/sq mi (3,231/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
58600
Area code436
DemonymZacapense
Websitezacapumich.gob.mx

Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and the municipal seat of homonimus municipality.[1] of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at 19°49′N 101°48′W / 19.817°N 101.800°W / 19.817; -101.800.

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. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2012.