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Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán

Ciudad Hidalgo (formerly Taximaroa and Villa Hidalgo), is a city that is the municipal seat of the municipality of Hidalgo in the northeastern part of the state of Michoacán, Mexico. It is named after the Mexican liberator Miguel Hidalgo. The city was founded on the site of the Tarascan Indian village of Taximaroa "place where wood is worked". The city was once a major lumbermill center with up to 50 lumberyards as late as the early 80's. Today, Ciudad Hidalgo is still surrounded by extraordinary vegetation. Its main attractions are its churches such as San Jose, which features a stone cross made soon after the Spanish conquest. Parks and surrounding villages such as El Caracol, San Antonio, Pucuato, Morelos, Mil Cumbres and Huajumbaro add to Ciudad Hidalgo's charm as well as nearby haciendas such as Chaparro, owned by the Olivares family, which was once one of the biggest haciendas in Michoacan and Mexico boasting its own railroad.

It is the commercial and manufacturing centre for a hinterland that yields primarily maize, wheat, avocados, and peaches. Among the city's industries are textile mills, tanneries, and potteries.

Its elevation is 7,740 feet (2,359 m) above sea level, near the Tuxpan River, about 40 miles (65 km) east of Morelia, the state capital. Ciudad Hidalgo is on the Mexico City•Guadalajara highway, 132 miles (212 km) west-northwest of the federal capital. In the 2005 census Ciudad Hidalgo's population was 57,773. Hidalgo municipality's population was 110,311. This city was also native to Sergio Gomez, former national icon and lead singer of the band K-Paz de la Sierra.

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State of Michoacán
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