Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and

municipal seat A municipal seat (Spanish: ; ) is the administrative center and seat of government of a municipality or civil parish, with other villages or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the

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History

Mexico's

Constitution of Apatzingán The Constitution of Apatzingán (), formally the Constitutional Decree for the Liberty of Mexican America (), was promulgated on 22 October 1814 by the Congress of Anahuac gathered in the city of Apatzingán because of the persecution of the tr ...

was signed in the city in 1814, during the

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...

in the

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against the

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. Six federal police officers were charged with murder on August 21,

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for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead on January 6,

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in Apatzingán. At least nine people died and several were injured when police fired against members and sympathizers of self-defense groups who had taken over the municipal palace.

Geography

The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tierra Caliente Valley. It has an area of 1,656.67 km² (639.64 sq mi), and reported a population of 99,010 (2010). The city of Apatzingán is the sixth-largest in Michoacán (behind

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Uruapan Uruapan () is the second largest city in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Tarascan Plateau, Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), Tierra Caliente region. Since the c ...

, Zamora,

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, and Zitácuaro), with a 2015 census population of 128,250 persons. The major

Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...

mountain range and the municipality of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares are to the west.

Climate

Despite having an annual precipitation of , Apatzingán has a

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''BSh'') due to its hot temperatures and high evaporation rates.

References

Sources

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI from its former name in ) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information of the country. It w ...

(INEGI)
Michoacán
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Photograph from Apatzingan's main church

External links