Tarandacuao

Tarandacuao is a Mexican town positioned inside the lowlands of the country of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 117.39 rectangular kilometres, and is bordered to the north and east by means of Jerécuaro, to the south via the nation of Michoacan, and to the west by way of Acámbaro. The municipality had eleven,583 inhabitants consistent with the 2005 census. Outlying communities located in Tarandacuao consist of La Purisima,San Juan De Dios, San Jose de Hidalgo, San Antonio, El Tocuz, San felipe and La Virgen.

The name of the municipality is of Purepecha starting place and way "Place in which the water is born," a probable connection with the Lerma River, which runs thru the location. The Lerma Riveris Mexico's 2nd longest river. It is a 750 km-lengthy river in west-imperative Mexico that begins in Mexican Plateau at an altitude over three,000 metres above sea degree, and ends wherein it empties into Lake Chapala, Mexico's biggest lake, near Guadalajara, Jalisco.