Tingüindín

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Tingüindín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 174.24 square kilometres (0.29% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Villamar, Tangamandapio and Tangancícuaro, to the east by Los Reyes, and to the south and west by Tocumbo. The municipality had a population of 12,414 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1] Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Before the arrival of the Spaniards to Tingüindín in 1530 the area was known as Tzinguitzuri or "Place of worship" by the mostly Purepecha population. [2]

The economy of the municipality is based mostly on avocado harvest ranching and the cultivation of maize and wheat[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Census. INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  2. ^ Tingüindín de Argandar Escudo. Retrieved on October 4, 2007
  3. ^ Tingüindín de Argandar Economía. Retrieved on October 4, 2007

Coordinates: 19°44′N, 102°29′W

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