Cañada, Guanajuato

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La Cañada (officially know as Cañada de Caracheo) is a small town in the municipality of Cortazar, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Elevation: 1 mile (5643 feet) above sea level; with a population of about 3,500. Founded in 1612, it lies between the hills of La Gavia, and El Culiacán. The word Cañada refers to the Spanish word for land between two elevated bodies of earth, Caracheo comes from the Tarascan (P'urhépecha) word "carachi," which means dried water.