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Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzán is a town of 3,500 people on in the state of , but the town is of little touristic value. The real magnet for foreign travelers is the Tzintzuntzan Archaeological Zone, which are the ruins of the once powerful capital of the Purhepecha people.
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was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Purépecha capital of the same name. The name comes from the Purépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds." The site includes at least 1,000 archaeological features in an area that is at least 1,075 hectares.

Tzintzuntzan

Latitude
19.6059° or 19° 36′ 21″ north
Longitude
-101.548° or 101° 32′ 53″ west
Elevation
2,224 metres (7,297 feet)
Open location code
75FWJF42+9R
Geo­Names ID
8582357
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Tzintzuntzan”. Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.