Zacapu
# Zacapu

Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and surrounding municipality in the Nahuatzen mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at 19°49′N 101°48′W﻿ / ﻿19.817°N 101.800°W﻿ / 19.817; -101.800. The municipality has an area of 455.96 $km^2$ (176.05 sq mi). Geographic features in Zacapu include the Cerro del Tecolote mountain range and Zacapu Lagoon.

## Demographics

The 2010 Mexican census indicated that the city had a population of 52,806 and the municipality a population of 73,455.

## Notable people

* José Ángel Aguilar, writer
* Rudy Gutierrez, noted oncologist
* Juan B. Guido, poet
* Fray Jacobo Daciano, Danish Franciscan priest, member of the Tzintzuntzan convent
* Primo Tapia de la Cruz, labor leader who organized farming communities against landholders. He was assassinated in 1926.
* Abel Alcázar Pallares, philanthropist and community activist
* Armando Martínez (cyclist), cyclist
* Rodolfo Vitela, cyclist
* Jorge del Pozzo, businessman
* César Martínez, boxer
* Adolfo García Trujillo, marathonist
* Eugenio Calderón, professional footballer, played for Cruz Azul, Morelia, Irapuato, Tigres and Guadalajara. Retired in 1992.
* Jaime Contreras, artist, designer, welder, semi-professional footballer.
* Hugo Ayala Castro, professional footballer, play for Morelia, Atlas and currently Tigres.
