Apatzingán

Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a ceety an its surroondin municipality. It's locatit in the hot Tierra Caliente valley, in the wast-central pairt o the Mexican state o Michoacán. The ceety is the fowert-lairgest in Michoacán (ahint Morelia, Uruapan, an Zamora), wi a 2005 census population o 93,180 persons. The municipality o Apatzingán haes an aurie o 1,656.67 km² (639.64 sq mi) an reportit a population o 115,078.

Recently Apatzingán haes receivit media attention acause o the strang presence o notorious, pouerful an walthy drug traffickin cartels.  Preses Felipe Calderón haes made this historic toun, which is whaur the Mexican leaders came tae write their first constitution.

References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005   Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
Michoacán  Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
" Photograph from Apatzingan's main church

Freemit airtins
Ayuntamiento de Apatzingán Offeecial wabsteid
  Apatzingan Map

Category:Populatit places in Michoacán
Category:Municipalities o Michoacán