Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexicanstate of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% of the surface of the state)[2] 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.[3]
Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos, which is named after José María Morelos, a Mexican 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".[4]
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^. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
^Michoacán May 17, 2011, at the Wayback MachineEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on October 7, 2007
^. INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
^Municipios de mayor población de Michoacán de Ocampo. Retrieved on October 7, 2007
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churumuco, municipality, located, southeastern, part, mexican, state, michoacán, municipality, area, square, kilometres, surface, state, bordered, north, municipality, huacana, northeast, turicato, south, state, guerrero, southwest, huetamo, west, arteaga, mun. Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacan The municipality has an area of 1 119 44 square kilometres 1 90 of the surface of the state 2 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 3 ChurumucoTownChurumuco de MorelosChurumucoLocation of Churumuco in MexicoCoordinates 18 37 00 N 101 38 00 W 18 61667 N 101 63333 W 18 61667 101 63333CountryMexicoStateMichoacanMunicipalityChurumucoGovernment MayorGildardo Barrera Estrada PRI PVEM Area Total111 944 ha 276 620 acres Water8 175 ha 20 201 acres Elevation200 m 700 ft Population 2010 1 Total14 366 Density13 km2 33 sq mi Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code425Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos which is named after Jose Maria Morelos a Mexican 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 Purepecha word Churumekua means Bird s beak 4 References edit Principales resultados por localidad 2010 ITER Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia 2010 Archived from the original on December 20 2010 Retrieved September 4 2012 Michoacan Archived May 17 2011 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico Retrieved on October 7 2007 2005 Census INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica Archived from the original on 2013 04 06 Retrieved 2007 10 07 Michoacan Municipios de mayor poblacion de Michoacan de Ocampo Retrieved on October 7 2007External links edithttps web archive org web 20050111013313 http www e local gob mx work templates enciclo michoacan mpios 16029a htm Churumuco Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Churumuco amp oldid 1091813734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
