La Huacana Municipality | |
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| La Huacana | |
  La Huacana Municipality Location of La Huacana in Mexico | |
| Coordinates:18°58′15″N101°48′46″W / 18.97083°N 101.81278°W /18.97083; -101.81278 | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Founded | March 12, 1907 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | SALOMON FERNANDO ROSALES REYES |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (7,000 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 32,700 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 425 |
| Website | www |
La Huacana Municipality is amunicipality in theMexicanstate ofMichoacán. It has a population of 32,757. Its municipal seat is thecity of the same name.
Huacana is a word ofChichimeca origin that means "Place of Dresses". Another version as to the origin of the name is that it was described only as "A place where a grey hair is floated on the water" by an indigenous inhabitant when she was asked the region's name.[2]
The municipality has an area of 1,952.60 square kilometres and a population of 32,757 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.[4]
La Huacana municipality is located in the southern part of the state 480 meters above sea level, and is bordered to the north by the municipalities ofNuevo Urecho andArio, to the east byTuricato, to the south byChurumuco andArteaga, and to the west byMúgica andApatzingán. Its distance from the state capitalMorelia is 161 kilometers. Its surface area is 1,951.91 km2, representing 3.32% of the whole state.[5]
Its orography is composed of southern foothills of the transverse volcanic system, the hills of Las Canoas, La Copa, El Estribo, La Sierrita and El Milpillas. Features of its hydrography are the rivers Huamito, Pastoria and Capirio, and the streams Zapiero, San Pedro Jorullo and San Antonio. The municipality contains Zicuiran dam and some cold water springs and one hot water spring. Its weather is tropical with summer rains and in other parts it is dry steppe. It has an annual rainfall of 800.0 mm and temperatures ranging from 10 to 54 degrees Celsius. Its forest is mostly made up of pine, oak, shrubbery of different types andhydrophilic vegetation.[3]
During the wars before the Spaniards arrived, this place was conquered by theTarascan state, by the successors of Tariacuri: Hiquingare, Tangaxuan and Hirepan. These rulers, in order to ensure the payment oftribute, appointed Cupauxanti as chieftain. In the 16th century, with the arrival of the Spaniards, shortly after the conquest ofApatzingan, La Huacana became anencomienda under Juan Pantoja. In 1789Jose Maria Morelos was thecurate of the parish of Tamacuaro de la Aguacana.[3]
In 1795, the volcano Jorullo erupted, seriously affecting the village.
On 20 November 1861, the State Congress decreed the creation of the municipality of La Huacana, but this was subsequently reversed. The municipality was reinstated on 12 March 1907.
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