Cerro El Vado
Cerro El Vado is a hill in Patzcuaro, Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan and has an elevation of 2,232 metres. Cerro El Vado is situated nearby to the hamlet Sanabria, as well as near the locality Tziranga (Tzizanga).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ihuatzio and Tzintzuntzán.
Ihuatzio
Village
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Ihuatzio is a small, traditionally Purhepecha indigenous town on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. The town is known for its archaeological site with 1,000-year-old ruins that were occupied by two different pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures. Ihuatzio is situated 4½ km west of Cerro El Vado.
Tzintzuntzán
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Tzintzuntzán is a town of 3,500 people on Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, 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.
Janitzio
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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.
Cerro El Vado
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,232 metres
- Description: hill in Mexico
- Category: landform
- Location: Patzcuaro, Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Cerro El Vado” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro El Vado”
- Dutch: “Cerro El Vado”
- Spanish: “Cerro el Vado”
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Localities in the Area
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