Maravatio

Maravatío lies in northeastern Michoacán, in a high valley crossed by the Lerma and surrounded by volcanic hills. The district stood on a frontier between the settled lands of central Mexico and the country of Chichimeca peoples to the north. In 1540 it became a colonial encomienda. During the independence movement Miguel Hidalgo passed through Maravatío in October 1810 on his way from Acámbaro toward Toluca.