Tzitzio | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Seal Size: | 70px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tzitzio |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | Tzitzio |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Emilia Herrera Sánchez |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 6 April 1936 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 944.133 |
Population As Of: | 2010 Census |
Population Total: | 9166 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2015 Intercensal Survey |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Est: | 8966 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
Population Blank1: | 1072 |
Timezone: | Central |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 19.5856°N -100.9231°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [4] |
Elevation Point: | of seat |
Elevation M: | 1541 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Postal Code: | 61330–61368[5] |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 459 |
Website: | Official website |
Tzitzio is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán, located approximately southeast of the state capital of Morelia.
The municipality of Tzitzio is located in the Balsas Depression in northeast Michoacán at an elevation between 600and(-). It borders the municipalities of Charo and Indaparapeo to the north, Queréndaro to the northeast, Hidalgo to the east, Tuzantla to the southeast, Tiquicheo to the south, Madero to the west, and Morelia to the northwest.[6] The municipality covers an area of [2] and comprises 1.61% of the state's area.[6]
As of 2009, the land cover in Tzitzio consists of temperate forest (63%), tropical forest (33%) and grassland (1%). Another 2% of the land is used for agriculture and less than 0.1% is urbanized.[6] Most of Tzitzio drains into the Purungueo River, which runs north to south through the municipality and drains into the Cutzamala River just upstream of . Some of the western parts of the municipality drain into the Carácuaro River.[6] The southeastern corner of extends into Tzitzio near its municipal seat.[7]
Tzitzio's climate varies from temperate in the north to tropical in the south, with rain falling in the summer.[1] Average temperatures in the municipality range between 14and(-), and average annual precipitation ranges between 800and(-).[6]
Tzitzio is a word of Chichimeca origin meaning "beautiful place". In 1831 it was a tenencia in the municipality of Indaparapeo. Its inhabitants produced sugarcane, guava, sapote, and other tropical fruits, and wove chiquihuites or baskets. It was made an independent municipality in 1936.[1] [8]
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.[1] The current president of the municipality is Emilia Herrera Sánchez.[9]
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Tzitzio recorded a population of 9166 inhabitants living in 2046 households.[10] The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 8966 inhabitants in Tzitzio.[3]
INEGI lists 271 localities in the municipality,[4] of which only the municipal seat, also known as Tzitzio, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 1072 inhabitants in the 2010 Census. The most populated locality in the municipality is the village of Tafetán, which recorded a population of 1784 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.[10]
Tzitzio's economy is based on agriculture. Major activities include cattle farming and the cultivation of corn, tomatoes, sugarcane, and fruits such as mango, guava, plum and papaya.[11]