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Cotija

Cotija

Cotija is a small town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the state of . Famous among foodies for the semi-hard to hard cotija cheese, which is often compared to feta when served young, or parmesan when grated as a hard cheese.
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  • Type: Town with 19,000 residents
  • Description: municipal seat of Cotija, State of Michoacán, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Cotija de la Paz”

Cotija

Latitude
19.8085° or 19° 48′ 31″ north
Longitude
-102.7042° or 102° 42′ 15″ west
Population
19,000
Elevation
1,642 metres (5,387 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX COT
Open location code
75FVR75W+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3622591995
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4012685
Wiki­data ID
Q2411306
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Cotija” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cotija (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “Cotija”
  • Catalan: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Cebuano: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Dutch: “Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán”
  • Dutch: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Esperanto: “Cotija”
  • French: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • French: “Cotija”
  • Georgian: “კოტიხა (მუნიციპალიტეტი)”
  • Georgian: “კოტიხა”
  • German: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Italian: “Cotija”
  • Ladino: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Polish: “Cotija”
  • Portuguese: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Russian: “Котиха-де-ла-Пас”
  • Serbian: “Котиха де ла Паз”
  • Serbian: “Општина Котиха”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cotija”
  • Spanish: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Spanish: “Cotija de La Paz”
  • Spanish: “Cotija”
  • Swedish: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Tatar: “Котиха де ла Паз”
  • Turkish: “Cotija de la Paz”
  • Vietnamese: “Cotija”

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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 “Cotija”. Photo: Rafael Cervantes, CC BY-SA 4.0.