General Álvaro Obregón Salido (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo oβɾeˈɣon]; February 19, 1880 – July 17, 1928) was a general in the Mexican Revolution, who became President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He supported Sonora's decision to follow Governor of Coahuila Venustiano Carranza as leader of a revolution against the Huerta regime. Carranza appointed Obregón commander of the revolutionary forces in northwestern Mexico and in 1915 appointed him as his minister of war.
Population: 8,120
Latitude: 19° 49' 25.54" N
Longitude: -101° 02' 24.04" W
General Francisco Mujica International Airport, or simply Morelia International Airport, (IATA: MLM, ICAO: MMMM) is an international airport in Álvaro Obregón, Michoacán, Mexico, near Morelia. The airport handles national and international air traff…
The 2008 Morelia grenade attacks took place on 15 September 2008 on the occasion of the Mexican Independence Day anniversary when thousands of people were gathered in the Plaza Melchor Ocampo, the main square of the Mexican city of Morelia, Michoacá…
Parácuaro is a municipality of Michoacán, Mexico.
Loltun Cave is a cave in the Yucatán, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Oxkutzcab. The cave contains paintings attributed to the Maya civilization from the Late Preclassic Era or even older.
Morelia Cathedral is a baroque cathedral and its two 70-metre towers dominate the skyline of the city of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
Lake Cuitzeo(Spanish [kwitse'o] ) is a lake in central part of Mexico, in the Michoacán State. It is located at around (19°56′0″N101°5′0″W). It has an area of 300–400 km². The lake is astatic, and the volume and level of water in the lake fluctuat…
Huandacareo (or Guandacareo) is an archaeological zone located about 60 kilometers north of the city of Morelia, in the state of Michoacán.
Santa Ana Maya is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering on the state of Guanajuato and Lake Cuitzeo. Several small towns pertain to it: Huacao, La Lobera, El Cuervo, La Ladera, Potzundareo, San Rafael, El Toronjo, La Mesa Rica,…
Copándaro is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 173.52 square kilometres (0.21% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Huandacareo and Cuitzeo, to the east and south by Tar…
Charo is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 322.50 square kilometres (0.29% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Tarímbaro and Álvaro Obregón, to the east by Indaparapeo,…
Tarímbaro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán which Valtazar Gaona is the major of. The municipality has an area of 258.57 square kilometres (0.43% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Copándaro, Meson Nuevo a…
Estadio Venustiano Carranza is a multi-use stadium in Morelia, Mexico. It was initially used as the stadium of Monarcas Morelia matches.
The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Morelia Campus (in Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Morelia) commonly shortened as Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Morelia or ITESM Campus Morel…