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Jiquilpan


FieldValue
official_nameJiquilpan
settlement_typeMunicipality
nicknameCiudad de las Jacarandas
mottoGeneramos Cultura y Patriotismo
image_sealJIQUILPAN.jpg
captionFountain of Aguadora
image_skylinePila de la Aguadora.jpg
pushpin_mapMexico Michoacán#Mexico
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michoacán
subdivision_type2Seat
subdivision_name2Jiquilpan de Juárez
government_typeMunicipality
established_titleFoundation (municipality)
established_date1831
area_total_km2242.13
population_as_of2020
population_total36158
timezoneCST
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST-5
coordinates
elevation_m1542
postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_code59510
area_code+52 (Mexico) / +353 (Jiquilpan)

Jiquilpan (; also spelled Xiuquilpan, Xiquilpan, Xiquilpa, based on a Náhuatl word for "place of tint plants") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is Jiquilpan de Juárez.

Jiquilpan is the birthplace of two presidents of the republic: Anastasio Bustamante, who served as President on three occasions in the mid-19th century; and also of one of the most popular presidents of Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas.

Jiquilpan is the birthplace of Damián Alcázar, actor and movie director, who was in the films El crimen del padre Amaro, La Ley de Herodes, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, among others. The city is also the birthplace of trumpet virtuoso Rafael Méndez.

It has sister city exchange programs with Indio, California and Palmdale, California in the United States, where large numbers of residents from Jiquilpan relocated to in the 2000s. In the year 2000, the population was 25,778, but estimates can reach as high as 50,000 when seasonal migrant laborers come and stay there.

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