Churintzio is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican
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state of
Michoacán
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, located northwest of the state capital of
Morelia
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.
Geography
The municipality of Churintzio is located in northern Michoacán at an altitude between . It borders the municipalities of
Ecuandureo Ecuandureo is a municipality
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to the west,
La Piedad
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to the north,
Zináparo to the northeast,
Penjamillo to the southeast, and
Tlazazalca to the south.
The municipality covers an area of
[ and comprises 0.4% of the state's area.][
Churintzio is located in the highlands of the ]Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
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. It is watered by intermittent streams and cold springs in the Lerma River
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basin.[
Churintzio's climate is temperate with rain in the summer.][ Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .][
]
History
Churintzio was founded in 1543. The place name may derive from the Purépecha
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They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...
words ''achuri'', "night", or ''chureni'', "to grow dark".[ It became a municipality on 1 March 1904.
]
Administration
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish
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: ''síndico''), and seven trustees (''regidores''), four elected by relative majority
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and three by proportional representation
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.[ The current president of the municipality is Juan Luis Contreras Calderón.
]
Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Churintzio recorded a population of 5564 inhabitants living in 1654 households.[
There are 19 localities in the municipality,][ of which only the municipal seat, also known as Churintzio, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 2592 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.][
]
Economy and infrastructure
The main economic activities in Churintzio are agriculture and livestock production. A maquiladora
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manufactures clothes in the municipal seat.
References
{{Michoacán, state=collapsed
Municipalities of Michoacán
1904 establishments in Mexico
States and territories established in 1904