Juárez Municipality, Michoacán

Juárez is a municipality located in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 141.21 square kilometres (0.24% of the surface of the state)[1] and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Zitácuaro, to the east and south Susupuato, and to the west by Tuzantla and Jungapeo. The municipality had a population of 12, 016 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[2] Its municipal seat is the city of Benito Juárez.

It is unknown what ethnic group dominated the present day municipality of Juárez region in pre-Columbian times.[1]

The municipality is named after Benito Juárez, a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms[3] (1858–1861), (1861–1865), (1865–1867), (1867–1871), and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.

References
  1. Michoacán Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on October 6, 2007
  2. "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  3. presidencia.gob.mx gobernantes Retrieved on October 6, 2007


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