Tangamandapio
Encyclopedia
Tangamandapio is a municipality
located in the northwest part of the Mexican state of Michoacán
, WSW of Zamora, Michoacán
, 165 km from the state capital of Morelia
. The geographic coordinates are: 19° 57' North latitude and 102° 26' West longitude.
The original name is Santiago Tangamandapio in honor of the apostle Santiago.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the northwest part of the Mexican state of Michoacán
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
, WSW of Zamora, Michoacán
Zamora, Michoacán
Zamora de Hidalgo, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The 2010 census population was 141,627. making it the third largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of Zamora Municipality, which has an area of 330.97 km² and includes many other smaller communities, the largest of...
, 165 km from the state capital of Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
. The geographic coordinates are: 19° 57' North latitude and 102° 26' West longitude.
The original name is Santiago Tangamandapio in honor of the apostle Santiago.