Ciudad Hidalgo

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Ciudad Hidalgo (formerly Villa Hidalgo), is a municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, named after the Mexican liberator Miguel Hidalgo. The city was founded on the site of the Tarascan Indian village of Taximaroa. Ciudad Hidalgo is surrounded by extraordinary vegetation. Its main attractions are its churches, parks and surrounding villages such as El Caracol, San Antonio, Pucuato, Morelos, Mil Cumbres and Huajumbaro.

It is the commercial and manufacturing centre for a hinterland that yields primarily maize, wheat, avocados, and peaches. Among the city's industries are textile mills, tanneries, and potteries.

Its elevation is 7,740 feet (2,359 m) above sea level, near the Tuxpan River, about 40 miles (65 km) east of Morelia, the state capital. Ciudad Hidalgo is on the Mexico City–Guadalajara highway, 132 miles (212 km) west-northwest of the federal capital. In 1980 the population was 32,311.

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