Arteaga () is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 3,454.71 square kilometers (5.87% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
La Huacana, to the east by
Churumuco and the state of
Guerrero
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, to the south by
Lázaro Cárdenas, and to the west by
Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares
Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares is a municipality located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range, in the southwest region of the state of Michoacán in central-western Mexico.
The municipality has an area of 2,881.57 square kilometres (4.89% o ...
,
Tumbiscatío,
Aguililla
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Starting in late 2019, Aguililla has been the center of a ...
and
Aquila. In 2020, the population in Arteaga was 20,332 inhabitants (49.5% men and 50.5% women). Compared to 2010, the population in Arteaga decreased by -6.69%.
Its
the municipal seat is the city of the same name.
The municipality is named in honor of General
José María Arteaga Magallanes
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, a 19th-century national hero and governor of the state of
Querétaro de Arteaga
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its cap ...
.
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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