Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, is a small village near the Parícutin volcano. The city is called "Nuevo" (Spanish for "New") because the original San Juan Parangaricutiro was destroyed during the formation of the Parícutin volcano in 1943. Along with the village of Parícutin, San Juan Parangaricutiro was buried beneath ash and lava.
Population: 12,300
Latitude: 19° 25' 6.85" N
Longitude: -102° 07' 51.13" W
Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a dormant scoria-cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 km west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of …
Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Purhepecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente Region. Since the colonial period, it has been an important city economicall…
Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, is a small village near the Parícutin volcano. The city is called "Nuevo" (Spanish for "New") because the original San Juan Parangaricutiro was destroyed during the formation of the …
Lic. y Gen. Ignacio López Rayón International Airport (IATA: UPN, ICAO: MMPN), also known as "Uruapan International Airport", serves the Mexican city of Uruapan, and is the second largest international gateway of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It h…
Taretan is a municipality located in the central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 185.23 square kilometres (0.56% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ziracuaretiro, …
Tancítaro is a city and municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in Southwestern Mexico.