Churumuco is a
municipality
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located in the southeastern part of the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
La Huacana, to the northeast by
Turicato
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, to the south by the state of
Guerrero
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, to the southwest by
Huetamo Huetamo is a municipality in the southeastern corner of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in a region known as "Tierra Caliente" (meaning hot land). Of indigenous Purepecha Indian origin, the word "Huetamo" means "four chiefs" or "four came". The mu ...
, and to the west by
Arteaga. The municipality had a population of 13,801 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos, which is named after
José María Morelos
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, a
Mexican priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the
Mexican War of Independence
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movement. Morelos served as priest of the town before taking arms.
Churumuco (from the
Purépecha word ''Churumekua'') means "Bird's beak".
Michoacán
''Municipios de mayor población de Michoacán de Ocampo''. Retrieved on October 7, 2007
References
{{Michoacán
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050111013313/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/michoacan/mpios/16029a.htm Churumuco
Municipalities of Michoacán