Zacapu (Place of Stones), is a city and surrounding municipality in the Nahuatzen mountains^[1] 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 km² (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.^[2]

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.