Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and the municipal seat of the homonymous municipality. of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at 19°49′N 101°48′W/19.817°N 101.800°W/ 19.817; -101.800.

Demographics

The 2010 Mexican census indicated that the city had a population of 52,806 and the municipality a population of 73,455.

Notable people

  • José Ángel Aguilar, writer
  • Rudy Gutierrez, noted oncologist
  • Juan B. Guido, poet
  • Fray Jacobo Daciano, Danish Franciscan priest, member of the Tzintzuntzan convent
  • Primo Tapia de la Cruz, labor leader who organized farming communities against landholders. He was assassinated in 1926.
  • Abel Alcázar Pallares, philanthropist and community activist
  • Armando Martínez (cyclist), cyclist
  • Rodolfo Vitela, cyclist
  • Jorge del Pozzo, businessman
  • César Martínez, boxer
  • Adolfo García Trujillo, marathonist
  • Eugenio Calderón, professional footballer, played for Cruz Azul, Morelia, Irapuato, Tigres and Guadalajara. Retired in 1992.
  • Jaime Contreras, artist, designer, welder, semi-professional footballer.
  • Hugo Ayala Castro, professional footballer, play for Morelia, Atlas and currently Tigres.

External links

  • 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
  • , website from Zacapu city (in Spanish)
  • 2012-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, Zacapu municipal government website (in Spanish)