The city of Pastor Ortiz (''Zurumuato'' old name) is in the north of the
Mexican state of
Michoacán. It is the municipal seat for the
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 ...
of
Jose Sixto Verduzco.
It is located at .
The population is 5,000.
The old name of the city means "place in straw hill" in the
Purépecha language
Purépecha (also ''P'urhépecha'' , tsz, Phorhé or ''Phorhépecha''), often called Tarascan, which is a pejorative term coined by Spanish colonizers ( es, Tarasco), is a language isolate or small language family that is spoken by some 140,000 P ...
.
External links
*http://www.michoacan.gob.mx/municipios/73puruandiro.htm Government Puruándiro
Populated places in Michoacán
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