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Churumuco

FieldValue
nameChurumuco
official_nameChurumuco de Morelos
native_name_lang
settlement_typeTown
pushpin_mapMexico Michoacán#Mexico
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michoacán
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Churumuco
established_titleFounded
leader_partyPRI-PVEM
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameGildardo Barrera Estrada
unit_prefMetric
area_urban_footnotes--
area_rural_footnotes--
area_metro_footnotes--
area_magnitude--
area_total_km21,119.44
area_total_ha111,944
area_water_ha8,175
elevation_m200
population_footnotes
population_total14,366
population_as_of2010
population_density_km2auto
timezoneZona Centro
utc_offset-6
postal_code61880 -
area_code425

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Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana, to the northeast by Turicato, to the south by the state of Guerrero, to the southwest by Huetamo, and to the west by Arteaga. The municipality had a population of 13,801 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.

Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos, which is named after José María Morelos, a priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement. Morelos served as priest of the town before taking arms.

Churumuco (from the Purépecha word Churumekua) means "Bird's beak".

References

References

  1. (2010). "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía.
  2. [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_Michoacan Michoacán] {{webarchive. link. (May 17, 2011 ''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Retrieved on October 7, 2007)
  3. "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática.
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090730094517/http://geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3234/michoa.htm Michoacán] ''Municipios de mayor población de Michoacán de Ocampo''. Retrieved on October 7, 2007
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