Juárez 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
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** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
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state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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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 141.21 square kilometres (0.24% of the surface of the state)
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''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Retrieved on October 6, 2007 and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
Zitácuaro
Zitácuaro, officially known as Heroica Zitácuaro, is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city is the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which lies at the extreme eastern side of Michoacán and b ...
, to the east and south
Susupuato, and to the west by
Tuzantla
Tuzantla is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the eastern part of the Mexico, Mexican Mexican state, state 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 th ...
and
Jungapeo. The municipality had a population of 12, 016 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its
municipal seat is the city of Benito Juárez.
It is unknown what ethnic group dominated the present day municipality of Juárez region in
pre-Columbian
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times.
The municipality is named after
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...
, a
Zapotec Amerindian
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who served five terms
presidencia.gob.mx
''gobernantes'' Retrieved on October 6, 2007 (1858–1861), (1861–1865), (1865–1867), (1867–1871), and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico
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.
Localities
* Enandio
See also
* Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities () are the administrative divisions under the List of states of Mexico, states of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico, constitution. Municipalities are considered as the second-level administrative divisions by the Feder ...
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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