La Piedad

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County	La Piedad
La Piedad de Cavadas
Government
- Mayor	Arturo Torres
Population (2005)^[1]
- City	78,361
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

La Piedad de Cavadas is a city and its surrounding municipality (La Piedad municipality) located in the north-west of the Mexican state of Michoacán, bordering Jalisco and Guanajuato. The original colonial name was San Sebastián. It is bordered by the town of Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato. Both towns straddle the the Lerma River. The city of La Piedad's population was 78,361 inhabitants in the 2005 census. The municipality has an area of 284.11 km² (109.7 sq mi) and its population was 91,132.

It is located at 20°20′N, 102°01′W

1 Attractions
2 Industry
3 Traffic
4 Notable citizens
5 Sports
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Attractions

Places of interest are the town centre with its beautiful quiosco (bandstand) built with quarried stone, and the "Señor de La Piedad" church, which boasts perhaps the biggest dome in the country. Also of note are the Cavada Bridge and the 30-metre-high "El salto" waterfall.

[edit] Industry

La Piedad is a hub for agrictultural products. The town was once known as the center of the Mexican pork industry, and still plays an inportant part in that industry. However, La Piedad has recently moved its economy towards textiles. Mayor manufacturers like Marval have production facilities in La Piedad. Surrounding towns are Santa Ana, Yurecuaro, Degollado, Numaran, and Ecuandureo. La Piedad is also the headquarters for veterinary farmaceuticals company LaPisa and to industrial turbine manufacturer Turbomaquinas. The Higuera Family rules

[edit] Traffic

La Piedad suffers from big traffic issues, due to the location of this city. La Piedad is located close to the border of three states, Michoacan, Guanajuato and Jalisco. Thus the traffic problem begin. With three highways entering this city, they are Mexico highways 110, 39, and 90. Highway 110 goes west and takes you to towns like Brisenas, La Barca, and the free route to Guadalajara. Highway 39 takes you south of La Piedad to Zamora, this highway takes you to the toll freeway 15, which goes north-south, from Nogales to Mexico City. Highway 90 takes you north of La Piedad to the state of Guanajuato.

[edit] Notable citizens

Many famous athletes and celebrities were born or lived in La Piedad, among these Ramon Morales, midfielder for Chivas de Guadalajara football team as well as his brother Carlos Morales, midfielder for Toluca. The music group Los Razos de Sacramento y Reinaldo are also from La Piedad.

[edit] Sports

La Piedad also was the hometown for "Los Reboceros de La Piedad" a football team in Mexico's Primera División A league, which later moved the 1st division. During their time in 1st division, they captured the attention of Mexico's soccer fans with a number 1 finish in the league table. They were defeated by the Aguilas del America in "La Liguilla"(playoffs). Los Reboceros merged with Queretaro, and became "Los Gallos Blancos" (The White Roosters) before their diminishment from national league soccer.