- Tangamandapio
Tangamandapio is a
municipality located in the northwest part of theMexican state ofMichoacán , WSW ofZamora, Michoacán , 165 km away from the state capital ofMorelia . The geographic coordinates are: 19° 57' North latitude and 102° 26' West longitude.Tangamandapio gained fame from the "El Chavo del Ocho" television series. The mailman Jaimito, one of its characters, portrayed by the actor
Raúl Padilla , claimed to be originally from there. He once refers to Tangamandapio like being "almost as big as New York". He always appeared homesick, reminiscing and many times saying the name of the town and describing its physical beauty.External links
* [http://www.michoacan.gob.mx/municipios/85tangamandapio.htm]
* [http://www.tangamandapio.org History and images of this town]
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