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Exploring Michoacán

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Para mí sólo recorrer los caminos que tienen corazón, cualquier camino que tenga corazón. (I only trek the paths that have heart, whatever path that has heart.)
- Mexico Notebook

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Michoacán borders the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west, Guanajuato and Querétaro to the north, México to the east, Guerrero to the south-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

Michoacán is one of the most beautiful places to visit in the country. Highlights include the colonial city of Morelia and the Monarch Butterfly Reserve.

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Morelia
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PARICUTIN

Mexico's Volcan Paricutin and Pico Tancitaro National Park - Bruce Whipperman
Viven huelas del volcán Paricutín - Fernando Garcia/Rumbo
Paricutin - Wikipedia

Monarch Butterflies

INDIGENOUS MEXICO

The Purépecha Indians were the original inhabitants.

CRAFTS

16th-century bishop, Vasco de Quiroga, a student of Sir Thomas More's Utopia, encouraged the Purépecha Indians to adopt a specific craft as a means to survival. The village of Santa Clara del Cobre is renowned for its copper products, Capula for its rust-colored pottery and Ihuatzio for woven baskets and mats.

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FEATURES

Michoacán - Mexico Connect
Uruapan: The Real Mexico - Jennifer Rose/Mexico Connect
Centros Reacrativos y Campamentos - Panorama de Michoacán
Confronting Globalization in the Community Forests of Michoacán - Daniel Jaffee (PDF)

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ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Michoacán Map - Tony Burton/Mexico Connect
Michoacán - Mexico Connect
Panorama de Michoacán
Secretaria de Cultura
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