Parácuaro

Parácuaro is a municipality of Michoacán, Mexico. It is a Chichimeca word for "Place where has it own sticks for one roof". In the PreHispanic era, Parácuaro is thought to have been inhabited by Nahuas and later conquered by the chief Tarasco Utucuma. During the colonial period, the Spanish included in Republic of the Indias and developed the haciendas La Guadalupe, El Valle y La Perla. From 10 December 1831, Parácuaro appears as Apatzingán's possession and approximately 30 years later on 20 November 1861 it was constituted in municipality by the Congress of the State. It as called Villa de Parácuaro de Morelos. 3,582 inhabitants. It is located to the southwest of the State at coordinates 19° 8'45.83" of north latitude and 102°13'9.68"...