- Jungapeo
Jungapeo is a municipality in the eastern part of the Mexican state of
Michoacán . The municipality has an area of 265.98 square kilometres (0.45% of the surface of the state) [ [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_Michoacan Michoacán] "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México". Retrieved onOctober 6 ,2007 ] and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tuxpan, to the east by Juárez andZitácuaro , to the south byTuzantla , and to the west by Hildago. The municipality had a population of 18,571 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. [Cite web | url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ | title=2005 Census | work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática | accessdate=2007-10-06] Its municipal seat is the city of Jungapeo de Juárez.In
pre-Columbian the region was dominated by the powerfulP'urhépecha people. Jungapeo is a word ofChichimeca origin that means "Yellow Place".External links
* [http://jungapeo.com/inicio/historia.html Jungapeo]
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