La Piedad
| La Piedad de Cabadas | |
|---|---|
 Location of La Piedad in Michoacán |
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| Municipality | La Piedad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Padilla Alfaro |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 99,837 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
La Piedad de Cabadas is a city and its surrounding municipality (La Piedad municipality) located at Coordinates: 20°20′N 102°01′W / 20.333°N 102.017°W in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both towns straddle the Lerma River. La Piedad's population was 99,837 inhabitants in the 2010 census (250,000 including its metropolitan area). The municipality has an area of 284.11 km² (109.7 sq mi). It is bordered by the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato.
La Piedad, "north door" of the state of Michoacán, surrounding the Lerma river, has limits at the north with the municipalities of Degollado, Jalisco and Pénjamo, Guanajuato; at the east with the municipality of Numarán, Michoacán; at the south with the municipalities of Zináparo, Churintzio, and Ecuandureo, Michoacán; and at the west with the municipality of Yurécuaro.
The municipality is connected through roads and highways with cities in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, and of course, the rest of Michoacán.
Distances and average driving times:
In the 12th century Aztecas moved away from Aztlan looking for a new land to settle. In this travel they founded several towns. Zula (meaning quails territory) was one of this towns established on the shore of the Lerma river.
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