Coahuayana is a

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in the

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, being the westernmost municipality in Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 362.34 square kilometres (0.61% of the surface of the state)Michoacán
''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Retrieved on October 8, 2007 and is bordered to the north by the municipality of

Chinicuila Chinicuila is a municipality located in the southwestern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 928.64 square kilometres (1.35% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the state of Jalisco, ...

, to the south by

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and the

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, and to the west and northwest by the state of

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. The municipality had a population of 11,632 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. Coahuayana is a word of

Náhuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller pop ...

origin that means "Place Where Trees and

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are Abundant".

References

Cultura y Magia en las narraciones orales de Coahuayana / Gloria Vergara Mendoza http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31601704 Municipalities of Michoacán {{Michoacán-geo-stub

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