Tumbiscatío is a
municipality
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in the southwest region of the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 2,069.48 square kilometres (3.51% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of
Apatzingán and
La Huacana, to the east and south by
Arteaga, to the southwest 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 ...
, and to the west by
Aguililla
Aguililla is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality has a population of roughly 15,000.
Starting in late 2019, Aguililla has been the center of a ...
. The municipality had a population of 8,373 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Its
municipal seat is the city of Tumbiscatío de Ruiz.
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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