Tierra Caliente (Spanish for ''Hot Land'') is a cultural and geographical region in southern

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that comprises some low-elevation areas of the states of Michoacán,

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and

. As the name suggests, the region is characterized by a hot climate. The overall precipitation is also low - around 600 mm/year, but can be as low as 400 mm in some low-lying areas of Michoacán and Guerrero.

Municipalities

Guerrero

State of Mexico

Michoacán: * Tepalcatepec * Churumuco de Morelos * San Lucas *

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* Nueva Italia * Aguililla *

Tingambato Tingambato is a municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. Of the region Tierra Caliente, The municipality has an area of 188.77 square kilometres (0.32% of the surface ...

* Tuzantla * Susupuato de Guerrero *

Nocupétaro Nocupétaro is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán, located approximately south of the state capital of Morelia. Geography The municipality of Nocupétaro is located in the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), ...

Carácuaro Carácuaro is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán, located south of the state capital of Morelia. Geography The municipality of Carácuaro is located in the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), Tierra Caliente ...

* Tiquicheo * Huetamo de Nuñez

Sources

References

Entregan recursos de Codecos a las regiones Oriente y Tierra Caliente
State of Michoacán. * Acuña, R. (1987). ''Relaciones Geográficas del Siglo XVI: Michoacán''. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. * Gerhard, P. (1972). ''A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain''. University of Cambridge Press. * Sebastian Avellaneda Jr. (2013). ''Information over San Lucas, Michoacán.'' Ohio Valley University, WV. {{Authority control Regions of Mexico Geography of Guerrero Geography of Michoacán Geography of the State of Mexico