Michoacan
Lake Patzcuaro
Tzintzuntzán

Ihuatzio

Ihuatzio is a small, traditionally Purhepecha indigenous town on the shores of in , . The town is known for its archaeological site with 1,000-year-old ruins that were occupied by two different pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures.
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  • Type: Village with 3,580 residents
  • Description: town in Tzintzuntzan Municipality, State of Michoacán, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Ihuantzio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monument to Morelos on Janitzio Island.

Monument
Photo: Isaacvp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Ihuatzio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Janitzio and Patzcuaro.

Photo: Isco huerta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an island on in the state of . This little island is crowded with houses and shops to sell to tourists, thousands of whom flock here for Day of the Dead.

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is a town in the area of the Mexican state of . A lovely mountain town, is colonial Mexico at its most enchanting.

Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on the shores of in the state of , . The old mission of San Pedro stands on the site which was a shrine to the Tarascan moon goddess Xaratanga.

Ihuatzio

Latitude
19.56578° or 19° 33′ 57″ north
Longitude
-101.61842° or 101° 37′ 6″ west
Population
3,580
Elevation
2,080 metres (6,824 feet)
Open location code
75FWH98J+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1936864979
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4004407
Wiki­data ID
Q2669512
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tatar—“Ihuatzio” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ihuatzio”
  • Czech: “Ihuatzio”
  • Dutch: “Ihuatzio”
  • French: “Ihuatzio”
  • Italian: “Ihuatzio”
  • Russian: “Иуацио”
  • Serbian: “Ивазио”
  • Slovak: “Ihuatzio”
  • Spanish: “Ihuatzio”
  • Swedish: “Ihuatzio”
  • Tatar: “Ивазио”
  • “Coyōhuahcān”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Zona Arqueológica Ihuatzio and Chuspatal de Ihuatzio - Tzurumútaro.

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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 “Ihuatzio”. Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.