About Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas is a city in Michoacan, Mexico with a population of 196,003. It is the 94th largest of the 625 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mexico, and the 2,960th largest worldwide. It lies 362 km from Mexico City.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 31
Elevation
3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
17.963, -102.199
Record updated
2026-01-19
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 625 in MexicoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.