Lago de Cuitzeo

Site Facts

Country, State, Province/Region:

Mexico, Michoacán

Relative Location:

A la frontera de Michoacán y Guanajuato.

Latitude/Longitude:

19° 52´ 20´´ to 20° 02´ 11´´ N y 100° 39´ 11´´ to 100° 59´ 10´´ W

Category:

Regional

Basis for Designation:

Más que 20,000 aves playeras y 1.5% de la población total del Himantopus mexicanus.

Size:

44,000 hectáreas (108,723 acres)

Joined:

febrero 2010

Site Owner/Steward:

Ejidos Epifanio C. Pérez de Cuitzeo y Las Trojes del Municipio de Álvaro Obregón, ambos del Estado de Michoacán

Site Partners:

Human Population within 100 km:

 1,800,000

Contact:

Gustavo Alberto Elton Benhumea
Director of the Western and Central Pacific Region
National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
pablito_tg@hotmail.com