Copándaro is a
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' ...
in the
Mexican state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...
. The municipality has an area of 173.52 square kilometres (0.21% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by
Huandacareo and
Cuitzeo, to the east and south by
Tarímbaro
Tarímbaro is a Municipalities of Michoacán, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 258.57 square kilometres (0.43% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the nor ...
, and to the west by
Chucándiro. The municipality had a population of 8,131 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Its municipal seat is the city of Copándaro de Galeana.
The main communities found in the municipality are Copándaro de Galeana, San Agustín del Maíz, Santa Rita, El Nispo, Arúmbaro, Congotzio, La Canada, y las Canoas.
Origin of Copandaro
The word Copándaro is of
Purépecha language
Purépecha ( autonym: or ), often called Tarascan (), a term coined by Spanish settlers that can be seen as pejorative, is a language isolate or small language family that is spoken by some 140,000 Purépecha in the highlands of Michoacán, Mex ...
origin and means "place of the avocado".
See also
*
Municipalities of Michoacán
Michoacán is a state in western Mexico that is divided into 113 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the ninth most populated state with inhabitants and the 16th largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Mic ...
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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