Opopeo

Opopeo is a town within the Mexican nation of Michoacan, part of the municipality of Salvador Escalante, within the middle of the kingdom. Opopeo, located inside the Purepecha plateau between Patzcuaro and Santa Clara del Cobre, is thought for its huge handicraft production in which wood is labored for many functions, but especially for the manufacturing of furnishings, giving origin to this craft industry to the celebration each month October Fair Chair, the main event of the metropolis; the beginning of the town and its tradition for logging paintings may be previous to the Spanish conquest, due to the fact in 1614 there was already file of this activity in Opopeo, another of its most important vacationer points of interest is its Catholic temple, at the start from the 17th century and the portals that surround the primary plaza.

According to the effects of the Population and Housing Count conducted in 2005 via the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Opopeo has a complete population of 8,666 populations, of which 4,035 are guys and 4,631 are girls, what makes it the second metropolis with the aid of populace of Salvador Escalante, after the top, Santa Clara del Cobre.