{{Short description|Region in the state of Michocán, Mexico}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2026}} {{Clear}} The '''Tarascan Plateau''' (Spanish: ''Meseta Tarasca''), also Purépecha Plateau (''Meseta Purépecha''), is a plateau and region in the Mexican state of Michoacán, in Southwestern Mexico.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Center |first1=University of Wisconsin Land Tenure |title=A Research Paper - Land Tenure Center |date=1968 |publisher=Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Research_Paper_Land_Tenure_Center/npwbAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Tarascan+Plateau%22+Michoac%C3%A1n&dq=%22Tarascan+Plateau%22+Michoac%C3%A1n&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
The plateau begins at the southwestern foot of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
It is considered a region of temperate land, irrigated by the Lerma River and its tributaries.
It has several lakes, like Lake Pátzcuaro, Lake Cuitzeo, and Lake Zirahuén.
==History== The Tarascan Plateau has a strong indigenous peoples presence. The Purépecha were dedicated to agriculture and forestry.
It was the location of the Purépecha culture during the Mesoamerican Postclassical period. Some of its principal pre-Columbian and present day population centers were/are Pátzcuaro and Tzintzuntzan.
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{{Coord missing|Michoacán}}
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Category:Plateaus of Mexico Category:Landforms of Michoacán Category:Geography of Mesoamerica Category:Purépecha
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