Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
Coordinates: 17 ° 57 ′ N , 102 ° 11 ′ W Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas on the map of Michoacán	Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
	Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Michoacan
Municipio	Lázaro Cárdenas
Residents	79,200 (2010)
Detailed data
height	10 m
prefix	753
Website	www.lazaro-cardenas.gob.mx
	Steel industry in Lázaro Cárdenas

The city of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is located in the south of the state of Michoacán in western central Mexico . The port city , which is characterized by the steel industry, has 79,200 inhabitants (2010). The Río Balsas flows into the Pacific Ocean in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas . Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is the administrative seat of the Municipio Lázaro Cárdenas .

history

The place was initially called Los Llanitos . On April 12, 1947, the Michoacán State Congress decided to found the Melchor Ocampo del Balsas community . The city was renamed Lázaro Cárdenas in 1970 in honor of the former President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río .

economy

seaport

The seaport of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is the deepest Mexican port with an area of over 2500 hectares and a depth of 16.5 m. He is considered to be the central link between the drug producers in South America and the markets in the north. Various cartels fought bloody battles there in the Mexican drug war . On November 4, 2013, the Navy took control of the port in this context. 50 city police officers were temporarily detained on suspicion of working with the drug cartels , and the customs officers were also replaced.

Airport

With its own national airport , Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is also connected to Mexico City and other Mexican cities by air.

Steel industry

There are several steel factories in the city.

sons and daughters of the town

Juan Carlos Sistos (* 1992), Mexican racing car driver

Individual evidence

↑ Catálogo de Localidades, SEDESOL
↑ Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish)
↑ Frank Pries: Successful Strategy Wanted - Mexico Debates “Drug War”, p. 6, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, accessed on September 28, 2010
↑ The Navy takes control of the Pacific port
↑ World Aero Data, accessed February 15, 2010

[1] Catálogo de Localidades, SEDESOL

[2] Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Lázaro Cárdenas (Spanish)

[3] Frank Pries: Successful Strategy Wanted - Mexico Debates “Drug War”, p. 6, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, accessed on September 28, 2010

[4] The Navy takes control of the Pacific port

[5] World Aero Data, accessed February 15, 2010