Uruapan del Progreso
Uruapan del Progreso, simply known as Uruapan, is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente region. Wikipedia
Population 334,749 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Mexico
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Monumento a los Mártires de Uruapan Memorial · 580 m
- Pérgola Municipal Monument · 600 m
- Monumento a Morelos Memorial · 620 m
- La Huátapera Museum · 680 m
- Monumento a La Bandera Monument · 690 m
- Museo Regional La Huatápera Museum · 710 m
- Smaller house in the world Museum · 980 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
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