Cuerámaro is a Mexican city (and
municipality) located in Southwest region of the state of
Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
. The municipality has an area of 254.85 square kilometres (0.83% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by
Romita, to the east by
Abasolo, to the south by
Pénjamo, and to the west by
Manuel Doblado. The municipality had a population of 25,610 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
In
pre-Columbian times, the area was inhabited by
Guachichil people and eventually dominated by
Purépecha
The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.
They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...
, who gave the municipality its current name of ''Cuerámaro'' or "Coat of the Swamps."
The municipal president of Cuerámaro and its many smaller outlying communities is Ana Bueno.
External links
Cuerámaro(in Spanish)
References
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Municipalities of Guanajuato
Populated places in Guanajuato