Arteaga is a municipality located in the southern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán

Michoacán

Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...

. The municipality has an area of 3,454.71 square kilometres (5.87% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana

La Huacana

La Huacana is a municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,952.60 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Nuevo Urecho and Ario, to the east by Turicato, to the south by Churumuco and Arteaga, and to...

, to the east by Churumuco

Churumuco

Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana, to the northeast by Turicato, to the south by the state of Guerrero, to the...

 and the state of Guerrero

Guerrero

Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

, to the south by Lázaro Cárdenas

Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán

Lázaro Cárdenas is a port city that with its surrounding municipality is located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was formerly known as Los Llanitos, but changed its name as a tribute to Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, a Michoacán-born politician who was president of Mexico from...

, and to the west by Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares

Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares

Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares is a municipality located in the southwest region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 2,881.57 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the state of Jalisco and the municipality of Tepalcatepec, to the east by Arteaga and...

, Tumbiscatío

Tumbiscatío

Tumbiscatío is a municipality in the southwest region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 2,069.48 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Apatzingán and La Huacana, to the east and south by Arteaga, to the southwest by Coalcomán de...

, Aguililla

Aguililla

Aguililla is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city has a population of roughly 25,000.-External links:* * * , from the Stanford Daily Online...

 and Aquila

Aquila, Michoacán

Aquila is a town in the northwest part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is 23 mi/43 km southeast of Tecoman. Its population was 1,915 in 2002. It is located at Latitude: 18°35'N Longitude: 103°31'W and at elevation 989 ft/510 m. It has harsh terrain. Agriculture consists of small...

. The municipality had a population of 21,173 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its
municipal seat is the city of the same name.

The municipality is named in honour of General José María Arteaga Magallanes, a 19th-century national hero and governor of the state of Querétaro de Arteaga.