Tarandacuao

The parish church and central square in Tarandacuao, Guanajuato.

Tarandacuao is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the lowlands of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 117.39 square kilometres, (0.31% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and east by Jerécuaro, to the south by the state of Michoacán, and to the west by Acámbaro. The municipality had 11,583 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1][2] Outlying communities found in Tarandacuao include La Purísima, San Juan De Dios, San José de Hidalgo, San Antonio, El Tocuz, San felipe and La Virgen.

The name of the municipality is of Purépecha origin and means "Place where the water is born," a possible reference to the Lerma River,[3] which runs through the region.[4]

  1. ^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  2. ^ "Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  3. ^ Guanajuato.-Tarandacuao Archived 2007-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Presidencia Municipal de Tarandacuao". Foro-Mexico. Retrieved 20 September 2016.