Tuzantla is a
municipality
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in the eastern part of the
Mexican state
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of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,018.49 square kilometres (1.73% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of
Jungapeo and
Hidalgo
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, to the east by
Juárez and
Susupuato, to the south by
Tiquicheo and the state of
Guerrero
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, and to the west by
Tiquicheo and
Tzitzio. The municipality had a population of 15,302 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
In
Pre-Columbian
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times, the area was inhabited by
Aztecs. Its name, ''Tuzantla'', is a word of
Nahuatl origin that means "Place where gophers are abundant".
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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