Zamora, Michoacán

Zamora ( Mexico) on the map of Michoacán

Zamora ( Zamora de Hidalgo also ) is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán, in the Meseta Neovolcánica, east of Chapalasees. A census conducted in 2010 showed that 141 627 people live in Zamora de Hidalgo.

In the town of tobacco products and textiles are mostly made ​​.

Attractions

Built in neo-Gothic style and opened in 2008 and Church Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ( short Santuario Guadalupano ) has with its two towers of 107.5 meters high the tallest church towers in Mexico.

Personalities

Zamora is the birthplace of the archbishop and regent of Mexico Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Davalos, Alfonso García Robles of Nobel Peace Prize, the Mexican football national player Rafael Márquez and the Mexican author and revolutionary Gildardo Magaña.