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Acuitzio Municipality
Acuitzio Municipality
Municipality
	Location of Acuitzio in Michoacán
	Acuitzio Municipality Location of Acuitzio in Mexico
	Coordinates: 19°30′N 101°20′W / 19.500°N 101.333°W
Country	Mexico
State	Michoacán
Established	26 April 1856
Municipal seat	Acuitzio del Canje
Area
• Total	180.13 km2 (69.55 sq mi)
Elevation	2,075 m (6,808 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	11,301
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Website	Official website

Acuitzio Municipality is a municipality located in the central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.

Demographics

The municipality had a population of 10,052 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.^[1] Its municipal seat is the city of Acuitzio del Canje.

History

A religious center near Acuitzio named Coatepec was founded by the Aztecs sometime in the 12th century. It is believed that the Aztecs abandoned the center to migrate to a place their Gods had mandated.^[2] Acuitzio is a word of Purépecha origin that means "Place of the snakes".^[3]

Geography

The municipality has an area of 180.13 square kilometres (0.30% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and northwest by Morelia Municipality, to the east by Madero Municipality, to south by Tacámbaro Municipality, and to the southwest by Huiramba Municipality.

Climate

Climate data for Acuitzio del Canje
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	24.0 (75.2)	24.6 (76.3)	26.8 (80.2)	29 (84)	29.5 (85.1)	27.6 (81.7)	25.8 (78.4)	26.0 (78.8)	25.7 (78.3)	25.7 (78.3)	25 (77)	23.7 (74.7)	26 (79)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.1 (37.6)	3.7 (38.7)	5.9 (42.6)	8.0 (46.4)	9.5 (49.1)	10.7 (51.3)	10.9 (51.6)	10.8 (51.4)	10.6 (51.1)	8.8 (47.8)	5.7 (42.3)	3.8 (38.8)	7.6 (45.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	23 (0.9)	10 (0.4)	20 (0.8)	20 (0.8)	71 (2.8)	170 (6.5)	200 (8)	240 (9.4)	240 (9.6)	76 (3)	28 (1.1)	7.6 (0.3)	1,110 (43.6)
Source: Weatherbase ^[4]

References

^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
^ Ordenjuridico.gob.mx^{[permanent dead link‍]} "Antecedentes Históricos". Retrieved on October 5, 2007.
^ Acuitzio-Pátzcuaro Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Historia". Retrieved on October 5, 2007.
^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Acuitzio del Canje, Michoacán". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.