Los Reyes is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 in the western part of the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 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 480.09 square kilometres (0.81% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tangancícuaro

Tangancícuaro

Tangancícuaro is a municipio in the Mexican state of Michoacán.The municipal seat is the city of Tangancícuaro de Arista. Tangancícuaro is at an altitude of 1,700 meters above sea level, with an area of 387.95 km²...

, to the east by Charapan

Charapan

Charapan is a municipality located in the north-western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 233.16 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Tangancícuaro and Chilchota, to the east by Paracho, to the south by Uruapan, and to the...

, to the southeast by Uruapan

Uruapan

Uruapan is a city and municipality in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city is the municipal seat of the municipality...

, to the south by Peribán

Peribán

Peribán is a municipality located in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 331.87 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Los Reyes, to the east by Uruapan, to the southeast by Tancítaro, to the south by Buenavista, and to...

, to the southwest by Tocumbo

Tocumbo

Tocumbo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 506.85 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by Tingüindín, to the east by Los Reyes, to south by the state of Jalisco, and to the west by Cotija. The municipality had a population of 8,820...

, and to the northwest by Tingüindín

Tinguindin

Tingüindín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 174.24 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Villamar, Tangamandapio and Tangancícuaro, to the east by Los Reyes, and to the south and west by Tocumbo...

. The municipality had a population of 77,000 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. Its municipal seat is the city of Los Reyes de Salgado.The city is also known for exporting avocados. Both of these orchids surround the area between Los Reyes and Periban.