Aporo
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Aporo is a small town of the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo. The town is located at an elevation of 2,280 meters above sea level. The town is one of the smallest in the state, and the population of the municipality was 2,705 people (1,746 in Aporo), according to the census of 2005 (Segundo Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005). The municipality of Aporo, of which the town serves as municipal seat, has an area of 55.22 km² and a population of 1,746. It includes such outlying villages as Rincon de Soto and Arroyo Seco. The word Aporo comes from the chichimecan word hapu or hapur, the means "place of ashes" or "ashy place".
