Tarandacuao
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Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′ N , 100 ° 31 ′ W Tarandacuao on the map of Guanajuato
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Guanajuato | |
| Municipio | Tarandacuao | |
| City foundation | 1612 | |
| Residents | 6058 (2010) | |
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| height | 1946 m | |
| Post Code | 38790 | |
| prefix | 421 | |
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Tarandacuao is a small town with 6058 inhabitants (as of 2010) in the south of the Mexican state of Guanajuato and the administrative seat of the administrative district of the same name ( Municipio Tarandacuao ).
history
The origin of Tarandacuao goes back to the Tarasken , an indigenous people in Mexico. In the Taraskan language, Trandacuao is said to mean “place where water flows”, which is possibly related to the Río Lerma , which flows through the region, or to the Ojo de Agua (“water eye ”) spring in the southeast of Tarandacuao . This meaning is not certain. On April 27, 1612, the Spanish King Carlos V is said to have recognized Tarandacuao's founding as legitimate, but doubts were expressed about the authenticity of the documents on which this dating is based. The Guanajuato Congress gave the settlement the name Tarandacuao de la Constancia on July 14, 1861 . On June 13, 1949, the place received city rights by decree of the Union Congress and has been called Tarandacuao again since then .
Handicrafts
Tarandacuao is known for making ornate ceramics . There are several pottery shops in town as well as various craft shops where the pieces can be bought.
Buildings and plants
- The Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol (also Templo de Santiago Apóstol , dt. "Church of the Apostle Santiago ") is the most important religious building in the city and is located on the northeastern edge of Tarandacuao. The parish church was built at the beginning of the 19th century and has a simply framed choir window and a neoclassical entrance portal in the front facade . The three-story bell tower has a clock on each side. Inside the church with a cross-shaped floor plan there are seven altars , under which the main altar stands out with its elaborate woodwork. In front of the church is a courtyard ( atrium ), which is entered through the characteristic entrance arch, built in 1935 and which is used as a venue for celebrations.
- The Jardín Hidalgo , a green area directly opposite the Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol , is the town's main square. There is also a fountain with an equestrian statue of Santiago Matamoros and a monument to the Mexican revolutionary Miguel Hidalgo , after whom the complex is named.
- Santuario de Guadalupe is a church in the southern district of Las Flores and dedicated to the veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe . Characteristic are the modern architecture, two slender bell towers, each with several bells, and a large, two-tone patterned esplanade . Every year on December 12th, the festival in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe is traditionally held there.
- In the southeast of Tarandacuao, on the outskirts of the village, there is the Ojo de Agua ("water eye "), a thermal spring that feeds part of the city with drinking water and supplies agriculture with water. Attached is a popular thermal bath with clear, warm water, shaded by an old population of Sabino trees.
Surroundings
To the northwest of Tarandacuao is the Solís Dam ( Presa Solís ) about 30 kilometers away in the river bed of the Río Lerma . The dam was inaugurated on May 15, 1949 by then President Miguel Alemán Valdés . The water collected in the reservoir is used to irrigate the agricultural areas in the neighboring municipality of Acámbaro .
Tarandacuao and its surroundings are located in the transit area of the monarch butterfly , which comes from the USA to winter in the Mariposa Monarca biosphere reserve in the border area of the states of Michoacán and México .
The city of Tarandacuao is the seat of the Municipio Tarandacuao with 12,256 inhabitants (2015), which borders the Municipio Jerécuaro in the north and east , the Municipio Acámbaro in the west and the state of Michoacán in the south. The closest major cities are Maravatío and Acámbaro .
literature
- Victor Manuel Jimenez Gonzalez: Guanajuato (México en tu bolsillo) . Guía de viaje del Estado de Guanajuato, Solaris Comunicación, 2014. p. 52.
- Jaime García Ríos: Tarandacuao. Historia de un Pueblo Michoacano Guanajuatense . Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato, Colección Monografías Municipales de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, 1st edition, 2010.
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Tarandacuao (Spanish)
- History of Tarandacuao at www.kioscodelahistoria.com, accessed January 12, 2020 (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal (SNIM) , Ficha Básica de Municipal, accessed on January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Ríos: Tarandacuao. Historia de un Pueblo Michoacano Guanajuatense , p. 18.
- ↑ Ríos: Tarandacuao. Historia de un Pueblo Michoacano Guanajuatense , p. 101 f., P. 171 ff.
- ↑ Se prepara Guanajuato para el paso de la mariposa monarca , Boletín de Prensa Gobierno de Guanajuato, September 5, 2017.