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

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of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the political divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán.

Geography

The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), 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 Morelia, Uruapan, Zamora, Michoacán, Zamora, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Zitacuaro), with a 2015 census population of 128,250 persons. The major Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range and the municipality of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares are to the west. Apatzigán in Tierra Caliente

History

Mexico's Constitution of Apatzingán was signed in the city in 1814, during the Mexican War of Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Spain against the Spanish Empire. Six federal police officers were charged with murder on August 21, 2019 in Mexico, 2019 for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead on January 6, 2015 in Mexico, 2015 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.

Climate

Despite having an annual precipitation of , Apatzingán has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''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 (INEGI)
Michoacán
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Photograph from Apatzingan's main church

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