Zula

Zula was an early settlement on the Lerma River in northern Michoacán, at the site later known as La Piedad. The river marks a natural route through the Bajío, and the town stood near the meeting of lands connected with Michoacán and Nueva Galicia. Local historical tradition remembers Zula as a pre-Hispanic community on the riverbank, before the colonial settlement developed under the name La Piedad.