Tocuaro
Tócuaro is a small village of about 600 residents in the Lake Patzcuaro region of Michoacan, Mexico. Travelers seeking high-quality traditional folk arts come to Tocuaro to visit the workshops of wood carvers making ceremonial masks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: MiguelMandujano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 727 residents
- Description: town in Erongarícuaro Municipality, State of Michoacán, Mexico
- Also known as: “Tócuaro”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaracuaro and Janitzio.
Jaracuaro
Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jaracuaro is a village on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. The old mission of San Pedro stands on the site which was a shrine to the Tarascan moon goddess Xaratanga.
Janitzio
Photo: Isco huerta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Janitzio is an island on Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan. This little island is crowded with houses and shops to sell to tourists, thousands of whom flock here for Day of the Dead.
Napizaro
Napizaro is a small town on Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.Tocuaro
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Erongarícuaro, Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.53889° or 19° 32′ 20″ northLongitude
-101.69416° or 101° 41′ 39″ westPopulation
727Elevation
2,055 metres (6,742 feet)Open location code
75FWG8Q4+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1937518809OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3981435Wikidata ID
Q4459637
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Tocuaro”. Photo: MiguelMandujano, CC BY-SA 4.0.