The municipality of Lagunillas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán . Its municipal seat is Lagunillas, Michoacán . It is bordered on the north and east by Morelia , south and west with Huiramba and Tzintzuntzan . Its distance from the state capital is 30 kilometers by the federal highway Morelia-Patzcuaro number 14. Lagunillas (small lakes) owes its name to the system of lakes and ponds that existed in ancient times in the region. During the colony a population center type hacendario. This place was called “Hacienda de Lagunillas”. By running the years the economic and social life revolved around the farm until the year of 1930 when “La Reforma Agraria” (the agrarian reform) took place.
7-417: Lagunillas Municipality may refer to: Lagunillas Municipality, Bolivia , Bolivia Lagunillas Municipality, Michoacán , Mexico Lagunillas Municipality, San Luis Potosí , Mexico Lagunillas Municipality, Zulia , Venezuela [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
14-481: Is constituted by El río Prieto (Prieto River) and el río de Cuanajo (the Cuanajo river). The climate is mild with rain in summer. It has an annual rainfall of 784.6 millimeters and temperatures ranging from 11.2 to 38.5°C. In the town forest predominates mixed with pine, oak and cedar. Lagunillas (Small Lakes) is bordered on the north and east by Morelia, south and west with Huiramba and Tzintzuntzan. Its distance from
21-580: The INEGI census of 2000, Lagunillas has a population of 5136 inhabitants, 2448 men and 2688 women. In the census of 1990, 9 inhabitants belonged to some ethnic group in Lagunillas. Five of them were men and 4 were women. The municipality has kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and a system of education by TV. In Lagunillas there is a school of the National Institute to Adults. There
28-790: The ancient system of lakes and ponds that in ancient times there were in that region. It is located north of the State at an altitude of 2100 meters above sea level. It has an area of 83.23 km and represents 0.14 percent of the total state. Its highlight is constituted by the Sistema Volcánico Transversal (the Volcanic transversal System), intermountains and valleys, La sierra del Tigre (the Tiger Hill) and el cerro del Águila (the Eagle Mountain). Its hydrography
35-564: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lagunillas_Municipality&oldid=909591798 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages Municipality name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lagunillas Municipality, Michoac%C3%A1n The town owes its name to
42-409: The state capital is 30 kilometers by federal highway Morelia 14-Patzcuaro. Its form of government is by a municipal president who has the highest place in the town and controls all the activities in his Cabildo and he is elected by vote once every three years. The town date from the periods cenozoico, tertiary and quaternary higher which are related mainly to the podzólico period. During the colony it
49-620: Was established a population centre hacienda which was called “la Hacienda de Lagunillas” (Treasury Lagunillas). It was until the year 1930, as a result of la Reforma Agraria (the Agrarian Reform), that was granted the title of town. Years later the State Congress decreed, in August 1950, the creation of the town Lagunillas. Today, the people of Lagunillas has natural landscapes themselves for tourism development. According with
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