Uruapan

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Uruapan is a city and municipality in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The town and surroundings are world famous for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary nearby,Uruapan is in thecrossroads of Michoacan,it has a great quantity of avocado farming and packaging, exported in large parts to the United States, Japan and other countriesUruapan is one of the oldest cities in Mexico.Its main natural attraction is the Cupatitzio River.  The National Park Eduardo Ruiz is home of "La Rodilla del Diablo", the source of the river which courses through the city and out toward "LaTzaráracua" and "La Tzararacuita", waterfalls on the southern outskirts of the city, and flows into the Presa Infernillo and eventually the Pacific Ocean. As of the 2010 census, the population of themunicipality was 315,379. The municipality has an area of 954.17 km² (368.4 sq mi). The city and the municipality are both the second-largest in the state, behind only the state capital of Morelia. Theword Uruapan comes from the Purépecha word ulhupani, meaning "place of eternal formation and fertility of flower buds." Uruapan, "place where the god-prince of flowers is revered, was established beforethe arrival of the Spaniards and was an exuberant paradise and a peaceful chiefdom corresponding to the Purépecha King. crafts
The main crafts are the lakes, bowls, trays and masks
has generated adiverse cuisine that offers a variety of regional dishes.
The climate of the town of Uruapan is one of the most diverse in the state of Michoacan it is influenced by different altitude in the ground,there are five different types of weather. The north has a humid temperate climate with summer rains in the central part of town, the highest, has a humid temperate climate with abundant rainfall insummer, in the same central Semicálido other sector has humid climate with abundant rainfall in summer south semiwarm another area records subhumid climate with summer rains and finally at the...
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