Janitzio
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.
- Type: Village with 2,460 residents
- Description: island in Mexico
- Also known as: “Île de Janitzio”, “Isla de Janitzio”, and “Janitzio Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Monument to Morelos on Janitzio Island.
Monument to Morelos on Janitzio Island
Work of art
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaracuaro and Ihuatzio.
Janitzio
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Patzcuaro, Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.5741° or 19° 34′ 27″ north
Longitude
-101.6517° or 101° 39′ 6″ west
Population
2,460
Elevation
2,100 metres (6,890 feet)
Open location code
75FWH8FX+J8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Janitzio” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Janitzio”
- Catalan: “Janitzio”
- Cebuano: “Janitzio”
- Chinese: “哈尼齊奧島”
- Chinese: “哈尼齐奥”
- Dutch: “Janitzio”
- French: “Janitzio”
- German: “Janitzio”
- Hungarian: “Janitzio”
- Indonesian: “Janitzio”
- Japanese: “ハニツィオ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Janitzio”
- Norwegian: “Janitzio”
- Russian: “Ханитсио”
- Russian: “Ханицио”
- Spanish: “Janitzio”
- Swedish: “Janitzio”
- Thai: “เกาะฆานิตซิโอ”
- Ukrainian: “Ханіціо”
- Urdu: “خانیتسیو”
- “Janitzio”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Isla de Tecuena and Cucuchucho.
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