Churumuco is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 located in the southeastern part of the Mexican

Mexico

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 state of Michoacán

Michoacán

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. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% 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 northeast by Turicato

Turicato

Turicato is a municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Turicato comes from the word "turicata" that refers to a parasite that lives mainly in areas where there is cattle....

, to the south by the state of Guerrero

Guerrero

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, to the southwest by Huetamo

Huetamo

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, and to the west by Arteaga

Arteaga, Michoacán

Arteaga is a municipality located in the southern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 3,454.71 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana, to the east by Churumuco and the state of Guerrero, to the south by Lázaro...

. The municipality had a population of 13,801 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.

Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos, which is named after José María Morelos

José María Morelos

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, a Mexican

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 priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence

Mexican War of Independence

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 movement. Morelos served as priest of the town before taking arms.

Churumuco (from the Tarascan word Churumekua) means "Bird's beak" .