Cuauhtémoc is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican
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state
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of
Colima
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. Its municipal seat is the city of
Cuauhtémoc, Colima
Cuauhtémoc is a town in the Mexican state of Colima. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Cuauhtémoc. In the 2005 INEGI Census, it reported a total population of 7,513
The name honours the last ''tlatoani'' of t ...
.
The municipality of Cuauhtémoc covers a total surface area of 373.2 km². In the 2005
INEGI
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Census, it reported a total population of 25,576 (down from 26,771 five year earlier),
of whom 7,513 lived in the municipal seat.
The municipality was created on 15 January 1915. Its name honours the last ''
tlatoani
''Tlatoani'' ( , "one who speaks, ruler"; plural ' or tlatoque) is the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of an , a pre-Hispanic state. It is the noun form of the verb "tlahtoa" meaning "speak, command, rule". As a result, it has been various ...
'' of the
Aztec
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people,
Cuauhtemoc.
Settlements in the municipality
All the municipality's other settlements have fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.
Government
Municipal presidents
References
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Municipalities of Colima
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