Aporo, Michoacán
Aporo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipal seat is the town of Aporo. Most of the municipality is forested and considered to be part of Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, where millions of monarch butterflies arrive to stay five months each winter. The town and municipality have mostly adobe structures with tile roofs and the main architectural site is the San Lucas Evangelista Church, which was built in the 20th century.
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Aporo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 19°40′11″N 100°24′35″W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Municipality | Aporo |
| Municipal Seat | Aporo |
| Town Founded | 1540 |
| Municipality Founded | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | C. Juan Agustín Torres Sandoval |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 55.14 km2 (21.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,280 m (7,480 ft) |
| Population (2005) Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 2,705 |
| • Seat | 1,859 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 61400 |
| Website | (in Spanish) site |
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