Santa Clara del Cobre

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subdivision_name1=Michoacán
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subdivision_name2=Salvador Escalante
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Santa Clara del Cobre is the seat of the municipality of Salvador Escalante in the central Mexican state of Michoacán. The nearest big city to Santa Clara del Cobre is the capital of Michoacán, Morelia. The current population of the town is 11,959. In Santa Clara del Cobre they have had the tradition of working copper since prehispanic times [cite web
url=http://galileo.inegi.gob.mx/website/mexico/viewer.htm?bsqTable=57&bsqField=CLAVE&bsqStr=160790001&TName=LOCALIDADES_URBANAS_2000&seccionB=mdm
title=Instituto nacional de estadistica, geografia e informatica
accessdate=2008-01-27]

Their artisans have obtained several national awards for the beauty of their work. Their work may be decorative and artistic or practical objects for commerce and home. The crafting of copper may be executed by several persons working in unison. The town has a large number of copper workshops which are located inside the town and the outskirts. [cite web |url=http://www.umich.mx/mich/santa-clara/index.html
title=Santa Clara del Cobre
accessdate=2008-01-27]

The main attraction of Santa Clara del Cobre is their craftwork, but there are also several other tourist attractions. One of them is the Zirahuén Lake, which means "the mirror of the gods".Fact|date=March 2008

Further reading

*cite book
editor=Michele Feder-Nadoff
others=Gonzalo Arroyo Ríos (contributor)
title=Ritmo del fuego : el arte y los artesanos de Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, México = Rhythm of fire : the art and artisans of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan, Mexico
url=http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12G26X5452B20.11556&profile=liball&uri=link=3100027~!3634240~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!silibraries&term=Ritmo+del+fuego+%3A+el+arte+y+los+artesanos+de+Santa+Clara+del+Cobre%2C+Michoac%C3%A1n%2C+M%C3%A9xico+%3D+Rhythm+of+fire+%3A+the+art+and+artisans+of+Santa+Clara+del+Cobre%2C+Michoacan%2C+Mexico+%2F&index=ALLTTLP
edition=1st ed.
year=2004
publisher=Cuentos Foundation
location=Chicago, Ill.
language=Spanish and English
isbn=0974117102
oclc=ocm61137089
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