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Acuitzio del Canje, Michoacán

Field	Value
name	Acuitzio del Canje
settlement_type	Town
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Michoacán
map_caption	Location of Acuitzio
mapsize	150px
pushpin_map	Mexico Michoacán#Mexico
pushpin_label_position	top
population_as_of	2020
population_total	7439
elevation_m	2080
leader_title	Municipal president
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Acuitzio
timezone	CST
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates

Acuitzio del Canje is a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Acuitzio.

The area was originally settled in pre-Hispanic times. By 1620, it was a community of 20 families, with a hospital. In the early years of Mexican independence, an ayuntamiento was established there.

Name

"Acuitzio" is a word of Purépecha origin that means "place of snakes". The epithet "del Canje" (literally: "of the exchange") refers to an exchange of prisoners of war that took place in the town on 5 December 1865, during the French Intervention. On 16 December 1901, the State Congress enacted legislation for Acuitzio's name to be changed to Acuitzio del Canje.

References

Recorrido por Acuitzio del Canje
Acuitzio Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (INAFED)
Acuitzio (municipal government web page)

Wikipedia Source

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