- Tancítaro
Tancítaro is a municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of
Michoacán . The municipality has an area of 717.65 square kilometres (1.21% 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 9 ,2007 ] and is bordered to the north by the municipalities ofPeribán andUruapan , to the east byNuevo Parangaricutiro , to southeast byParácuaro , to the south byApatzingán , and to the southwest by Buenavista. The municipality had a population of 26,089 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=2007-10-09] Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.References
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