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Acuitzio

FieldValue
nameAcuitzio Municipality
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_mapAcuitzio en Michoacan.svg
map_captionLocation of Acuitzio in Michoacán
pushpin_mapMexico
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Acuitzio in Mexico
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michoacán
established_titleEstablished
established_date26 April 1856
seat_typeMunicipal seat
seatAcuitzio del Canje
leader_titleMunicipal president
area_total_km2180.13
elevation_m2075
population_as_of2020
population_total11,301
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCST
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST-5
website

Acuitzio Municipality is a municipality located in the central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.

Demographics

The municipality had a population of 10,052 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Acuitzio del Canje.

History

A religious center near Acuitzio named Coatepec was founded by the Aztecs sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that the Aztecs abandoned the center to migrate to a place their Gods had mandated. Acuitzio is a word of Purépecha origin that means "Place of the snakes".

Geography

The municipality has an area of 180.13 square kilometres (0.30% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and northwest by Morelia Municipality, to the east by Madero Municipality, to south by Tacámbaro Municipality, and to the southwest by Huiramba Municipality.

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

References

  • Acuitzio Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (INAFED)
  • Acuitzio (municipal government web page)

References

  1. "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
  2. [http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/MICHOACAN/Municipios/Acuitzio/AcuitzioPlan01.pdf Ordenjuridico.gob.mx]{{dead link. (October 2016)
  3. [http://www.patzcuaro.info/recorridos/acuitzio-patzcuaro.html Acuitzio-Pátzcuaro] {{webarchive. link. (July 4, 2008 ''"Historia".'' Retrieved on October 5, 2007.)
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