México, Mexico · North America
El Cóporo sits on the route: 10 minutes from San Pedro Tejalpa, 56km from Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
El Cóporo is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 6,068, it is an important destination in North America.
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El Cóporo is a prehispanic archaeological site at the northern frontiers of the Mesoamerican cultural area, located at an elevation of 150 meters on the western slopes of the Santa Bárbara range (Sierra de Santa Bárbara), near the San José del Torreón community, and lies some 15 kilometres (9 mi) due south of itsRead more
municipal seat and largest township, on the northwestern corner of Guanajuato state, Mexico.
The site is considered as one of the four most important archaeological sites in the state.
Cóporo is a Purépecha word meaning 'over the big road'. The site is named after the Cóporo hill, where it is located and the site is located at its peak, 156 meters high. The ceremonial and government center has been completed about 80 percent; around the center 29 smaller settlements were established on the slopes, the main occupation period occurred between 500-900 CE.
The site's main occupation dates to the Late Classic and Early Postclassic eras of Mesoamerican chronology, and shows affinities with the Tunal Grande culture.
El Cóporo covers an area of approximately 84 hectares (210 acres) spread across the slopes and summit of Cerro del Cóporo, the hill after which the site is named. As of 2009 an estimated five percent of this area has been archaeologically excavated or investigated.
The ethnic groups that lived in this region are associated with cultures that developed in the San Luís Potosí, Jalisco, Zacatecas and Guanajuato States, and that a point in time, migrated to central México, where they joined other groups and participated in the development of the multi-ethnic Toltec society.”
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El Cóporo is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.2831 latitude, -99.8353 longitude.
El Cóporo has a population of approximately 6,068 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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ancient ruins
Site of the Cuauhcalli, or House of Eagles: one of the very few temples in the Americas carved directly out of solid bedrock, reached by 400 steps up the Hill of the Idols above a quiet colonial town.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Fir forests on the Michoacán–State of Mexico border where hundreds of millions of monarchs cluster so densely from November to March that branches bend under them. El Rosario and Sierra Chincua are the main road-accessible sanctuaries.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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