Paracho

E261628

Paracho is a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán renowned for its traditional handcrafted guitars and vibrant luthier culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paracho canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal seat
town
country Mexico
demographicsEthnicGroup Purépecha people
mestizo population
governedBy municipal government of Paracho
hasArtisanalSpecialty bandurrias
charangos
classical guitars
custom-made guitars
guitarrones
mandolins
requintos
vihuelas
hasCoordinateLocation 19.65°N 102.05°W
hasCulturalEvent Feria Internacional de la Guitarra
annual guitar fair
hasCulturalHeritage Purépecha traditions
hasEconomicActivity domestic guitar trade
guitar export
hasIndustry handicrafts
musical instrument manufacturing
tourism
hasReputation center of lutherie in Michoacán
one of Mexico's main guitar-making centers
hasSettlementType urban locality
hasTraditionalCraft hand carving
inlay work
lacquer decoration
woodworking
knownFor artisan culture
guitar-making workshops
handcrafted guitars
luthier tradition
stringed musical instruments
languageUsed Purépecha people
surface form: Purépecha

Spanish
locatedIn Michoacán
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paracho Municipality
locatedInCountrySubdivision State of Michoacán
surface form: State of Michoacán de Ocampo
locatedInGeographicalFeature Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
locatedInRegion Meseta Purépecha
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
locatedNear Uruapan
partOf Mexican Federation
surface form: United Mexican States
roadAccessVia regional highways of Michoacán

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.