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Uruapan

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U·rua·pan  (r-wäpn, -pän)
A city of southwest-central Mexico west of Mexico City. Founded in 1540, it is noted for its lacquerware. Population: 239,000.

Uruapan (Spanish) [uˈrwapan]
n
(Placename) a city in SW Mexico, in Michoacán state: agricultural trading centre. Pop.: 227 000 (2000 est.)


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In mid-August, almost three months after the mayors were removed from their posts, the Michoacan state legislature recommended replacements in the cities and towns of Arteaga, Tumbiscatio, Zitacuaro, Tepalcatepec, Apatzingan, Ciudad Hidalgo, Lazaro Cardenas, and Uruapan.
Bodies found In another incident in Michoacan, a passer-by found the bodies of three men wrapped in blankets on Friday on the side of a highway near the city of Uruapan, state police said.
Beheadings have been a regular feature of the conflict since five severed heads were rolled on to the floor of a nightclub in the central Mexican city of Uruapan in 2006.
 
 
 
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