Zamora, Michoacán
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Zamora de Hidalgo, (after Miguel Hidalgo) is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located in the Tziróndaro Valley (P'urhépecha for "Swamp place" ), part of the Tarascan Plateau, at an altitude of 1,567 m. The 2004 population was estimated at some 243,000.
[edit] History
The area was first settled around 1500 BC. The modern-day city was founded in 1574, on the orders of Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza, by Spanish settlers from the Spanish city of Zamora.
Zamora was awarded city status by the Constitutional Congress in 1825, ratifying a decision made in 1810 by the insurgent leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
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