The city of Puruándiro is in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at 20°5′17″N 101°30′56″W. The population is 70,571. It was founded by Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco in 1522. The wooded main garden has a kiosk that indicates that it was founded in 1565, but no records to corroborate that.