Taretan is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
located in the central part of the
Mexican state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...
. The municipality has an area of 185.23 square kilometres (0.56% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of
Ziracuaretiro
Ziracuaretiro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Political entity
Ziracuaretiro is located on the central part of the state at 121 km from the state capital of Morelia. It has a territory of 159.93 km2 bordering with ...
, to the east by
Salvador Escalante and
Ario, to the south by
Gabriel Zamora and
Nuevo Urecho, and to the west by
Uruapan
Uruapan () is the second largest city in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Tarascan Plateau, Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), Tierra Caliente region. Since the c ...
The municipality had a population of 12,294 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
Sister cities
The city of Taretan is twinned with 2 cities around the world.
References
Municipalities of Michoacán
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