Jiquilpan Municipality

Jiquilpan is the birthplace of Damián Alcázar, actor and movie director, who was in the films El crimen del padre Amaro, La Ley de Herodes, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, among others. The city is also the birthplace of trumpet virtuoso Rafael Méndez. It has sister city exchange programs with Indio, California and Palmdale, California in the United States, where large numbers of residents from Jiquilpan relocated to in the 2000s. In the year 2000, the population was 25,778, but estimates can reach as high as 50,000 when seasonal migrant laborers come and stay there.

• Official Name — Jiquilpan • Type — Municipality • Nickname — Ciudad de las Jacarandas • Motto — Generamos Cultura y Patriotismo • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Mexico • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Michoacán • Subdivision Type2 — Seat • Subdivision Name2 — Jiquilpan de Juárez • Government Type — Municipality • Established Title — Foundation (municipality) • Established Date — 1831 • Area Total Km2 — 242.13 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 36158 • Time Zone — CST • Utc Offset — -6 • Elevation M — 1542 • Postal Code Type — Postal Code • Postal Code — 59510 • Area Code — +52 (Mexico) / +353 (Jiquilpan)