Senguio is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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state of

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

, located approximately east of the state capital of

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...

Geography

The municipality of Senguio is located at an elevation between in the Sierra de Mil Cumbres mountain range in northeastern Michoacán. It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of

Maravatío Maravatío is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, representing 1.17% of its land area, or 691.55 km2. Etymology The modern word Maravatío comes from the Purépecha word Marhabatio, meaning a precious place or thing. Hist ...

to the north,

Tlalpujahua Tlalpujahua (; formally Tlalpujahua de Rayón) is a town and municipality located in the far northeast of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is a former mining town, home of the Dos Estrellas Mine, which was the leading producer of gold ...

to the east,

Angangueo Angangueo () is a municipality located in far eastern Michoacán state in central Mexico noted for its history of mining and its location in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. The municipal seat is the Mineral de Angangueo. It is located in ...

to the south, Aporo to the southwest, and

Irimbo Irimbo is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' ...

to the west. It also borders the municipality of

San José del Rincón San José del Rincón is a municipality in the State of Mexico. Its inhabitants are referred to as ''monteros''. Geography San José del Rincón is located in the western part of the State of Mexico on its border with Michoacán. From north to s ...

in the

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to the southeast. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.44% of the state's area. As of 2009, the land cover in Senguio consists of temperate forest (48%) and grassland (12%). Another 38% of the land is used for agriculture and 0.8% consists of urban areas. Most of Senguio drains into the

Lerma River The Lerma River ( es, Río Lerma) is Mexico's second longest river. It is a river in west-central Mexico that begins in Mexican Plateau at an altitude over above sea level, and ends where it empties into Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest lake, near ...

, while the southernmost part of the municipality is located in the basin of the

Cutzamala River The Cutzamala River is a river of Mexico. It originates in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Central Mexico in the state of Michoacán. Dams on the upper portion of river provide water to Mexico City, via an aqueduct over the mountains known as t ...

, a tributary of the

Balsas River The Balsas River (Spanish Río Balsas, also locally known as the Mezcala River, or Atoyac River) is a major river of south-central Mexico. The basin flows through the states of Guerrero, México, Morelos, and Puebla. Downstream of Ciudad Al ...

. The forests in the southeastern part of the municipality are protected as part of the

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve ( es, Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca) is a World Heritage Site containing most of the over-wintering sites of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly. The reserve is located in the Tran ...

. Senguio has a temperate climate with rain in the summer. Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .

History

The place name Senguio is of

Purépecha The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro. They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...

origin, meaning "limits". Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, Senguio was located in the frontier region between the

Tarascan state Tarascan or Tarasca is an exonym and the popular name for the Purépecha culture. It may refer to: * the Tarascan State, a Mesoamerican empire until the Spanish conquest in the 1500s, located in (present-day) west-central Mexico * the Purépecha p ...

and

Aztec Empire The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance ( nci, Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, Help:IPA/Nahuatl, �jéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥ was an alliance of three Nahua peoples, Nahua altepetl, city-states: , , and . These three city-states ruled ...

and was inhabited by Mazahua tribes. The area was conquered by

Cristóbal de Olid Cristóbal de Olid (; 1487–1524) was a Spanish adventurer, conquistador and rebel who played a part in the conquest of Mexico and Honduras. Born in Baeza, Olid grew up in the household of the governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. In ...

in 1522, and during the colonial period, the land was taken from the native inhabitants and incorporated into the Spanish ''

hacienda An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or ''finca''), similar to a Roman ''latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards), ...

s'', gradually leading to the disappearance of the indigenous peoples. After Mexican independence, Senguio was made a part of the municipality of Irimbo in 1831. It became an independent municipality in 1856. It was re-incorporated into Irimbo in 1863, but re-established as a municipality in 1868.

Administration

The municipal government of Senguio comprises a president, a councillor (

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: ''síndico''), and seven trustees (''regidores''), four elected by

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and three by

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. The current president of the municipality is Rodolfo Quintana Trujillo.

Demographics

In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Senguio recorded a population of 18,427 inhabitants living in 4153 households. The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 19,146 inhabitants in Senguio. There are 55 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat Senguio is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 2707 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic activity in Senguio. Crops grown include corn and oats.

Geography

History

Administration

Demographics

Economy

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