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Cuitzeo
Municipality in Michoacán, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cuitzeo (Spanish: [kwiˈtseo] ⓘ) is a municipality located in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipal seat is the town of Cuitzeo del Porvenir It is located in a relatively flat depression around Lake Cuitzeo, a large, very shallow lake, which is in danger of disappearing. The town was officially founded in 1550, with the founding of a large Augustinian monastery, which still stands. Today, the town is the seat of a rural municipality, providing local government to surrounding communities.
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Cuitzeo | |
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![]() Church and former monastery of Santa María Magdalena | |
Coordinates: 19°58′07″N 101°08′22″W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Michoacán |
Municipal Seat | Cuitzeo del Porvenir |
Town Founded | 1550 |
Municipality Founded | 1825 |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Fernando Alvarado Rangel |
Population (2010)Municipality | |
• Municipality | 28,227 |
• Seat | 8,760 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
Website | Official site |
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