Taretan is a
municipality
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located in the central part of the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 185.23 square kilometres (0.56% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
Ziracuaretiro, to the east by
Salvador Escalante and
Ario, to the south by
Gabriel Zamora and
Nuevo Urecho, and to the west by
Uruapan
Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente region. Since the colonial period, it has been an important city economic ...
The municipality had a population of 12,294 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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