Cojumatlán de Régules
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MexicoCojumatlán de Régules | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cojumatlán in Michoacán | |
| Coordinates: 20°07′06″N 102°51′03″W / 20.11833°N 102.85083°W[1] | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State |  Michoacán |
| Established | 2 April 1910 |
| Seat | Cojumatlán de Régules |
| Government | |
| • President | Enrique Mújica Sánchez |
| Area | |
• Total | 131.48 km2 (50.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] (of seat) | 1,544 m (5,066 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 9,980 |
| 10,450 | |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 2,592 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal codes | 59140–59155[5] |
| Area code | 381 |
| Website | Official website |
Cojumatlán de Régules is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) west of the state capital of Morelia.
The municipality of Cojumatlán de Régules is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northwest Michoacán at an altitude between 1,600 and 2,400 metres (5,200–7,900 ft). It borders the Michoacano municipalities of Venustiano Carranza to the east, Sahuayo to the southeast, Jiquilpan to the south, Marcos Castellanos to the southwest. It also borders Tizapan El Alto in Jalisco to the west, while its northern border runs along the southeastern shore of Lake Chapala, which is administered by the Jaliscan municipality of Poncitlán.[6] The municipality covers an area of 131.48 square kilometres (50.76 sq mi)[3] and comprises 0.2% of the state's area.[4]
Cojumatlán's climate is temperate with rain in the summer.[2] Average temperatures in the municipality range between 16 and 20 °C (61–68 °F), and average annual precipitation ranges between 700 and 1,000 millimetres (28–39 in).[6]
History
The settlement of Cojumatlán was founded in 1531. Its name means "place of weasels", from the Nahuatl word cutzamalí, "weasel".[2] It was incorporated as the municipality of Régules in the district of Jiquilpan on 2 April 1910, taking its name after Nicolás de Régules, a general who fought against the French intervention in Mexico. In 1985 the municipality changed its name to Cojumatlán de Régules.[7]
Administration
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.[2] The current president of the municipality is Enrique Mújica Sánchez.[2]
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