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Jiquilpan de Juárez

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Jiquilpan de Juárez
City
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón
Jiquilpan de Juárez is located in Michoacán
Jiquilpan de Juárez
Location in Michoacán
Jiquilpan de Juárez is located in Mexico
Jiquilpan de Juárez
Jiquilpan de Juárez (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°59′23″N 102°43′07″W / 19.98972°N 102.71861°W / 19.98972; -102.71861
Country Mexico
StateMichoacán
MunicipalityJiquilpan
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
24,662
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)

Jiquilpan de Juárez is a town of about 25,000 residents in northwest Michoacán, Mexico, near the border with the states of Colima and Jalisco. It is the seat of the municipio of Jiquilpan and the birthplace of president Lázaro Cárdenas who served from 1934–1940. The city is home to the Centro de Estudios de la Revolución Mexicana Lázaro Cárdenas and the Instituto Tecnológico de Jiquilpan.

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