Tzintzuntzán (Spanish pronunciation: [tsintsunˈtsan]) is a town in Tzintzuntzan Municipality located in the north of Michoacán state, 53 km from the capital of Morelia and 17.5 km from Pátzcuaro, located on the northeast shore of Lake Pátzcuaro. It is best known as the former capital of the Tarascan state until it was conquered by the Spanish in the 1520s. Today, Tzintzuntzan is a small town with two major attractions, the archeological site of Tzintzuntzan and the former monastery complex of San Francisco. The municipality contains another important archeological site called Ihuatzio.
Population: 3,233
Latitude: 19° 37' 42.49" N
Longitude: -101° 34' 41.92" W
Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital of the same name. The name comes from the P'urhépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". After being in Pátzcuaro for the first years of the Ta…
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Ihuatzio is an archeological site located at the southern slopes of “Cerro Tariaqueri”, just north of the Ihuatzio town, in the Tzintzuntzan municipality, of Michoacán state.