Sahuayo
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| Sahuayo de Morelos (Sahuayo) |
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| Nickname: "Athens of Michoacán" | |||
| Motto: Nation, Justice, Progress (Patria, Justicia, Progreso) | |||
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| Country | Mexico | ||
| State | Michoacán | ||
| Boroughs | La Yerbabuena Rincón de San Andrés La Puntita Cerrito Colorado |
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| Foundation | 1530 | ||
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| - Type | Municipality | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 128.05 km² (49.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,561 m (5,121.4 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| - City | 59,316 city; 61,965 municipality (2,005 census) | ||
| Time zone | CST UTC-6 (UTC) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT UTC-5 (UTC) | ||
| Postal Code | 59000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +52 (Mexico) / +353 (Sahuayo) | ||
Sahuayo (Spanish only) (formally: Sahuayo de Morelos, in honour of José María Morelos) is a city in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, near the southern shore of Lake Chapala. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Sahuayo was an important center for the Cristero war or "La Cristeada" and the city always has been an active center of commerce for the Chapala swamp, specially crafts, sandals (huaraches), hats (sombreros), made by Sahuayenses. The name means "turtle shaped pot " it's been call the Athens of Michoacán because of so many important poets, writers and painters. Today is the seat for Arts propositions Association. The city had a 2005 census population of 59,316 persons, while the municipality had a population of 61,965. The area of the municipality is 128.05 km² (49.44 sq mi).
The Celebration each July 25 of El Patrón Santiago (Spanish only) or Saint James the Great and the dancing Tlahualiles are so internationally recognized. The sister city of Sahuayo is Lancaster (US).
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[edit] Location
It is located to the northwest of the State, in the coordinates 20º03 ' of North latitude and 102º44 ' of west longitude, to a height of 1.530 meters on the level of the sea. It limits the north with Venustiano Carranza (called San Pedro, too), the east with Villamar, the south with Jiquilpan, and the northwest with Cojumatlán de Régules. Its distance to the State Capital, Morelia, is of 215 km. The Sahuayo word, it comes from the nahuatl language, and is interpreted of diverse ways. According to the philologist and lawyer Cecilio A. Róbelo, it means "in where gives the scabies"; according to the Dr. "Don" Antonio Peñafiel, the word is made up of two elements: tzacual-ayotl, where tzacual (vessel) is one formed by half of the coconut and ayotl that means turtle, (vessel turtle) vessel that has the aspect of a turtle.
[edit] Seal
The first field appears a turtle on stone in arrogant attitude, that represents the foundation of Sahuayo by people of the same characteristics, year of 1530. In background to the bottom, three hills stand out at sight, that mean according to the tradition, the three towns that gave origin to Sahuayo, in second half of century XVI, also according to the intention of the designer can be considered the three governments: federal, state and municipal. In the third field a plumed serpent or Quetzalcoatl god of the mexicas is observed fighting with the cross whose fundamental meaning is not other that the definitive conquest of Sahuayo, made by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán. In the fourth field of the municipal shield it appears a tree and a star absolutely including in the tree to the town of Sahuayo unifying it, symbolizing the root of their people. Finally with indelible signs they appear in the contour of the shield, printed three sacred words: “Patria, Justicia y Progreso” (Nation, Justice and Progress), moral values that deserve respect and joint operation to us.
[edit] Illustrious Personages
- Luis Sahagún Cortés (1900- ? ).- Masterful painter. He was Director of the School of San Carlos in Mexico
- Alfredo Gutiérrez Magallón.- Composer and violinist, of the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
- Demetrio Rojas.- Director of first published weekly newspaper in Sahuayo, “La Verdad” ("the Truth").
- Pbro. Felipe Villaseñor (1876-1962).- Benefactor of the population of Sahuayo that constructed the prey to equip with water the population, managed the introduction of the drainage, it donated the land for the construction of a building for the Dominican Nuns and supported to the Salesianos so that they established the School of Arts and Offices.
- Felipe Arregui.- It was the one who placed the first stone of the "Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón" (Parish of the Sacred Heart) and was the one in charge to raise it with its three altars and part of the scenery.
- José Sánchez Villaseñor.- Philosopher and founding teacher of the "Universidad Iberoamericana" (Iberoamericana University), published several books.
- Lilia Prado (Spanish only).- Famous cinema actress born in this land.
[edit] Gastronomy
Also Sahuayo is famous by regional typical food like its Carnitas, his dry Birria, their Tacos al Pastor (Spanish only), etc; all this great variety of gastronomy it leaves to the tourists with very good flavor of mouth. Their traditional breads like Tranca and the Cemita usually they`re accompanied by milk, cornflour drink (atole) or some hot drink.
[edit] References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Michoacán Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
[edit] Government Pages
Government Page 01 (Spanish only)
Government Page 02 (Spanish only)
