natural wonder
Parícutin Volcano
A cinder cone that erupted from a Michoacán cornfield in 1943, burying a village whose church tower still protrudes from the lava.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Michoacán, Mexico · North America
Atapan is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Santa Clara de Valladares, 25km from Parícutin Volcano.
Atapan is a town located in Michoacán, Mexico. With a population of 2,323, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Atapan sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Atapan to your route.
Jiquilpan (Spanish: [xiˈkilpan] ; also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is Jiquilpan de Juárez.
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of two presidents of the republic: Anastasio Bustamante, whoRead more
served as President on three occasions in the mid-19th century; and also of one of the most popular presidents of Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas.
Jiquilpan is the birthplace of Damián Alcázar, actor and movie director, who was in the films El crimen del padre Amaro, La Ley de Herodes, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, among others. The city is also the birthplace of trumpet virtuoso Rafael Méndez.
It has sister city exchange programs with Indio, California and Palmdale, California in the United States, where large numbers of residents from Jiquilpan relocated to in the 2000s. In the year 2000, the population was 25,778, but estimates can reach as high as 50,000 when seasonal migrant laborers come and stay there.
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Atapan is located in Michoacán, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.6503 latitude, -102.4248 longitude.
Atapan has a population of approximately 2,323 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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natural wonder
A cinder cone that erupted from a Michoacán cornfield in 1943, burying a village whose church tower still protrudes from the lava.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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