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La Piedad
In 1871 the title of city was named La Piedad de Cavadas in memory of the priest José Cavadas CorzoIt. The famous Cavadas Bridge built over the Lerma River serves as the border between Michoacán and Guanajuato. The Lerma River is used for the generation of Electric Power in a place „El Salto“ 17 km northwest from city of La Piedad, which has about 1890 MW installed capacity. The City of La Piedad has international agreements with its different pairings. Woodland, California, USA is the sister city of la Piedad.
Task: La Piedad
It’s hydrographic constituted mainly by the Lerma river; streams (Domingo Prieto, Prieto and Canapro), cold water springs (the Algodonal and the Capricho), as well as the Aviña, Paredones and Ingeniero Antonio Rodríguez dams. It has an annual rainfall of 700 millimeters and temperatures that range from 3.0 to 38.5 degrees centigrade.
Select the right answer: La Piedad is the name of the city in Michoacán – it was given in the memory of which following person?
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