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Ihuatzio
Sign in to saveIhuatzio, which translates to "Land of Coyotes" in the Purépecha language, is a town located near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was once the capital of the Purépecha kingdom. It was the capital until the change to Tzintzuntzan. As of the year 2020, it has a total population of 3,950.
Key facts
- Place.name
- Ihuatzio
- Place.settlement_type
- Locality
- Place.image_skyline
- PatzcuaroLakeArea030.jpg
- Place.image_caption
- Main plaza of Ihuatzio
- Place.pushpin_map
- Mexico Michoacán#Mexico
- Place.subdivision_type
- Country
- Place.subdivision_type1
- State
- Place.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Place.subdivision_name2
- Tzintzuntzan
- Place.area_total_km2
- 1.40
- Place.elevation_m
- 2052
- Place.population_total
- 3950
- Place.population_as_of
- 2020
- Place.population_density_km2
- auto
- Place.timezone1
- ZC
- Place.utc_offset
- -6
- Place.utc_offset_DST
- -5
- Place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ihuatzio, which translates to "Land of Coyotes" in the Purépecha language, is a town located near Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was once the capital of the Purépecha kingdom. It was the capital until the change to Tzintzuntzan. As of the year 2020, it has a total population of 3,950.
== Geography == Ihuatzio is located on the southeast of the Lake Pátzcuaro, about 8 kilometers southwest of the town center of Tzintzuntzan. Its average elevation is 2,052 meters above the sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ihuatzio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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