Purepecha

Also known as tarascos, purhépecha, tarasco, purépecha, por

The Purépecha ( ) are a group of Indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Purépecha
Ethnic group.image: MuestraIndumentaria 2015 53.JPG
Ethnic group.caption: Purépecha children at the 2015 Muestra de Indumentaria Tradicional de Ceremonias y Danzas de Michoacán
Ethnic group.population: 544,010 (2022 census)
Ethnic group.popplace: Michoacán, smaller communities on Jalisco, Guanajuato and Guerrero
Ethnic group.rels: Roman Catholicism, Purépecha religion
Ethnic group.langs: Purépecha

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Prehispanic history
Spanish era (1525-1821)
Post-independence history
Cárdenas era
Emigration from Michoacán
Religion
Culture
Language
In popular culture
See also
References
Further reading
External links

The Purépecha ( ) are a group of Indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.

They are also known by the derogatory term "Tarascan", an exonym, applied by outsiders and not one they use for themselves.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purepecha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.