Capula
Capula Is a town in Michoacan whose name means "The Capulines" are located in the town of Morelia, Mexico and is known for its ceramics. After the conquest of Mexico, Vasco de quiroga gathered the Purépecha Indians into several villages around Lake Pátzcuaro, and encouraged each to adopt a specific craft as a means to survival.
- Type: Village with 5,090 residents
- Description: town in Morelia Municipality, State of Michoacán, Mexico
- Also known as: “Capula (Méxicu)”
Capula
- Categories: locality of Mexico and locality
- Location: Morelia, Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.67332° or 19° 40′ 24″ north
Longitude
-101.39318° or 101° 23′ 35″ west
Population
5,090
Elevation
2,098 metres (6,883 feet)
Open location code
75FWMJF4+8P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tatar—“Capula” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Capula”
- Catalan: “Capula”
- Cebuano: “Capula”
- Chechen: “Капула (Морелия)”
- Chechen: “Капула”
- Dutch: “Capula”
- French: “Capula”
- Russian: “Капула”
- Serbian: “Капула”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Capula, Michoacán”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Capula”
- Spanish: “Capula”
- Swedish: “Capula, Michoacán de Ocampo”
- Swedish: “Capula”
- Tatar: “Капула (Морелия)”
- Tatar: “Капула”
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