Sahuayo
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Sahuayo Tzacuātlayotl (Nahuatl) |
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| Nickname(s): Athens of Michoacán | ||
| Motto: Nation, Justice, Progress | ||
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| Coordinates: 20°3′N 102°44′W / 20.050°N 102.733°W | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Michoacán | |
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La Yerbabuena Rincón de San Andrés La Puntita Cerrito Pelon |
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| Foundation | 1530 | |
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| • Type | Municipality | |
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| • Total | 128.05 km2 (49.44 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,561 m (5,121 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 59,316 city; 61,965 municipality (2,005 census) | |
| Time zone | CST UTC-6 | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT UTC-5 (UTC) | |
| Postal Code | 59000 | |
| Area code(s) | +52 (Mexico) / +353 (Sahuayo) | |
Sahuayo (Nahuatl: Tzacuātlayotl) is a city in the state of Michoacán, in western México, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Sahuayo was an important center for the Cristero War or "La Cristiada" and the city always has been an active center of commerce for the Chapala lake region, specially crafts, sandals (huaraches), hats (sombreros), made by Sahuayenses. The name means "turtle shaped pot " it has been called the Athens of Michoacán because of its many important poets, writers and painters. Today it is the seat for Arts propositions Association. The city had a 2005 census population of 59,316 persons, while the municipality had a population of 61,965. The area of the municipality is 128.05 km² (49.44 sq mi).
The celebration each July 25 of El Patrón Santiago or Saint James the Great and the dancing Tlahualiles are internationally recognized. The sister city of Sahuayo is Lancaster, California, United States, where it is one of 3 Californian cities where residents from Sahuayo moved to in the 2000s. The city of Santa Ana, California is known as Little Sahuayo because of the high number of residents who hail from Sahuayo. Another community is Indio, California where large numbers of residents from Sahuayo moved to.
Sahuayo is located to the northwest of the State, at the coordinates 20º03' north latitude and 102º44' west longitude, 1,530 meters above sea level. To the north of the Sahuayo border one finds Venustiano Carranza (also known as San Pedro), to the east , to the south Jiquilpan, and Cojumatlán de Régules to the northwest. Its distance to the State Capital, Morelia, is 215 km. The name Sahuayo comes from the Nahuatl language, and is interpreted in many ways. According to the philologist and lawyer Cecilio A. Róbelo, it means "in where gives the scabies"; according to the Dr. "Don" Antonio Peñafiel, the word is made up of two elements: tzacuātl and ayotl, where tzacuātl (pot) is a vase formed by one half of a coconut and "ayotl," which translates into "turtle"; hence vessel turtle or vessel that has the aspect of a turtle.
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