Puruándiro
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Coordinates: 20 ° 5 ′ N , 101 ° 31 ′ W Puruándiro on the map of Michoacan
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Michoacan | |
| Municipio | Puruándiro | |
| Residents | 30,571 (2010) | |
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| height | 1890 m | |
| prefix | 438 | |
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Puruándiro is a city in the north of the Mexican state Michoacán with 30,571 inhabitants (2010). It is the capital of the Municipio Puruándiro administrative unit .
The name means "place of boiling water" in the language of the Purépecha (because of the nearby thermal springs). In pre-colonial times it was part of the Purépecha Empire and was conquered for Spain in 1527 by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán . It got its town charter on June 16, 1858 by Epitacio Huerta under the name Puruándiro de Calderón.
Puruándiro lies at an altitude of 1890 m .
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