Angangueo

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Country	Mexico
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State	Michoacán
Municipal seat	Mineral de Angangueo
Largest city
Government
- Municipal president
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Website: (Spanish)

Angangueo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán.

1 Location
2 Geography
3 Population
4 History
5 Activities
6 References

[edit] Location

Angangueo is located at the east of Michoacán, 33 km from Zitácuaro. It is located at an altitude of 2.628 meters. Above sea level, the climate is mild and is surrounded by forests of pines and oaks Oyamel

Some shortcuts to reach this population are:

If you take federal highway # 15 Mexico - Morelia. It is located at 34 km. Zitácuaro for by the diversion of the San Felipe alzati.

If you take the super-highway Morelia Mexico-Guadalajara. It is located 40 km from the freeway, exit at Maravatio and continues to Irimbo and take the diversion to Aporo.^[1]

[edit] Geography

Angangueo has an area of 85.64 Km2 accounting for 0.14 percent of total state

His highlight what are the System Volcanic Cross, the mountains and hills of Angangueo of Guadeloupe, the Lion and the bell.

Its weather is temperate two types, with summer rains and rains throughout the year. It has an annual rainfall of 910.1 millimeters and temperatures ranging between 6.3 and 24.3 degrees Celsius.

[edit] Population

Population in the year 2000 was 10 287 people.

[edit] History

The town was founded in the 17th century when a mine was discovered, this causing the migration of many people to this place to work in mines, and also moved traders to supply the needs of the newly discovered mineral and prosperous.^[2]

The mines were operated by Spanish, German, English, French and Americans.

Because of the high economic growth that occurred in the village and to cover the needs of transportation to places of ore smelting, June 24, 1887, was conducted the building of the Railway Station, which connects Angangueo with Maravatio and Zitácuaro