Cupareo

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Cupareo is a small rural town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and belongs to the municipality of Salvatierra. Cupareo comes from the Tarascan (Purepecha) language and means "Crossroads."

Cupareo is located to the southeast part of the Yuriria lagoon. Nearby cities include Salvatierra, Yuriria, Moroleon, Uriangato, and Celaya. Nearby villages include San Nicolas de Los Agustinos, Puerta del Monte, Casacuaran, Tinaja de Pastores and Santiago Maravatío.

The microregion of Cupareo (which includes the villages of Betania, Puerta del Monte, and Gervasio Mendoza) has a total population of 4,524 according to the 2005 census. ^[1] ^[2].

The economy of Cupareo consist mainly of agriculture and immigrants living in USA.

From the agricultural and environmental point of view, Cupareo faces many problems. Most of the land is irrigated, water is obtained from wells next to land farms. Farmers use the gravitational or surface irrigation which is one of most inefficient methods of irrigation, creating several problems including a poor water use efficiency practice, salinization, and contamination. Furthermore, farmers at the end of each harvest, burn the plant residue to prepare for the next crop, thus, soil organic matter is lost from the burn, creating soil erosion, loss of plant nutrients, destroying soil structure, and contamination

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^ 2005 Census. INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
^ Guanajuato Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.