Jiquilpan (Spanish: [xiˈkilpan] ; also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is Jiquilpan de Juárez.
Jiquilpan | |
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 Seal | |
| Nickname: Ciudad de las Jacarandas | |
| Motto: Generamos Cultura y Patriotismo | |
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| Coordinates: 19°35′N 102°26′W / 19.59°N 102.43°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Foundation (municipality) | 1831 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 242.13 km2 (93.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,542 m (5,059 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 36,158 municipality (2,020) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal Code | 59510 |
| Area code | +52 (Mexico) / +353 (Jiquilpan) |
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of two presidents of the republic: Anastasio Bustamante, who served as President on three occasions in the mid-19th century; and also of one of the most popular presidents of Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas.
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of Damián Alcázar, actor and movie director, who was in the films El crimen del padre Amaro, La Ley de Herodes, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, among others. The city is also the birthplace of trumpet virtuoso Rafael Méndez.
It has sister city exchange programs with Indio, California and Palmdale, California in the United States, where large numbers of residents from Jiquilpan relocated to in the 2000s. In the year 2000, the population was 25,778, but estimates can reach as high as 50,000 when seasonal migrant laborers come and stay there.
See also
edit- Municipalities of Michoacán
- Sahuayo, a neighboring city
- Tourist info
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Jiquilpan Magazine
- (in Spanish) History & Explanation of the Seal
- (in Spanish) Instituto Tecnológico de Jiquilpan
- (in Spanish) :.Jiquilpan Michoacán Mexico.: Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Jikil Net
- (in Spanish) Tinny Presents to thee: Nothing 2 Do Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Instituto Tecnológico de Jiquilpan (Wikipedia)