Uruapan, Michoacán | |
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| Uruapan del Progreso | |
 Uruapan Plaza | |
 Seal | |
| Nickname: Capital mundial del aguacate. (World capital of the avocado) | |
| Motto(s): Salvaguarda del espíritu, la tradición y la mexicanidad. (Safeguard of the spirit, tradition, and Mexican nationalism) | |
  Uruapan, Michoacán Location of Uruapan in Mexico  Uruapan, Michoacán Uruapan, Michoacán (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 19°25′15″N 102°03′46″W / 19.42083°N 102.06278°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Municipality | Uruapan |
| Founded | 1533 |
| Founded by | Fray Juan de San Miguel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ignacio Benjamín Campos Equihua[1] |
| Elevation | 1,620 m (5,310 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 299,523 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 452 |
| Website | Official Website |
Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente region. Since the colonial period, it has been an important city economically due its location. The city was conquered by the Spanish in 1522, when the last Purépecha ruler fled the Pátzcuaro area to here. The modern city was laid out in 1534 by Friar Juan de San Miguel. It played an important role in the War of Independence, and was the capital of Michoacán during the French Intervention. Today it is the center of Mexico's avocado growing region, with most of the crop distributed from here nationally and internationally.
- ^ "Rinde protesta Ignacio Campos como edil de Uruapan". Quadratín Michoacán (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2012.