Sahuayo Municipality
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Sahuayo (Nahuatl: Tzacuātlayotl) is a city in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Sahuayo is an important center for industry and is the center of commerce for the Chapala lake region, specializing in crafts, sandals (huaraches), and hats (sombreros), which are made by Sahuayenses. It is home to the largest huarache in the world measuring 7.45 meters long and 3.09 meters wide. The name means "turtle shaped pot". It has been called the Athens of Michoacán because of
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sahuayo
- Settlement.nickname
- Ciudad de los Huaraches
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- Sahuayo.jpg
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- Aerial view of Sahuayo
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- Nation, Justice, Progress
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- 300px
- Settlement.image_seal
- escudo de sahuayo.jpg
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- Mexico Michoacán#Mexico
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- left
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Michoacán
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Boroughs
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- La YerbabuenaRincón de San AndrésLa PuntitaCerrito PelonForestalLa LimoneraSan IsidroValle VerdeSan Onofre
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- Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Foundation
- Settlement.established_date
- 1530
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 128.05
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Mexico
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Michoacán
- Capital
- Sahuayo de Morelos
- Population
- 78477
- Area
- 128.05
- Elevation
- 1561
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Image
- Sahuayo.jpg
- Dialing code
- 353
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Sahuayo (Nahuatl: Tzacuātlayotl) is a city in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Sahuayo is an important center for industry and is the center of commerce for the Chapala lake region, specializing in crafts, sandals (huaraches), and hats (sombreros), which are made by Sahuayenses. It is home to the largest huarache in the world measuring 7.45 meters long and 3.09 meters wide. The name means "turtle shaped pot". It has been called the Athens of Michoacán because of the number of important poets, writers, and painters residing there. It is currently the seat of the Arts Propositions Association. In 2005, the census population was 59,316, with the municipality being 61,965. The size of the municipality is 128.05 km2 (49.44 sq mi).
As of the Census of 2020, Sahuayo has a population of 78,477.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sahuayo Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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