Tepalcatepec, also known as Tepeque, is a city and municipality in the state of
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
, Mexico, in the southwestern
Tierra Caliente region of the state. The municipality borders the state of
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
to the north and west.
Population
The total population of Tepalcatepec in 2010 was 34,568, and the total population of the municipality was 42,879.
Gun battle
Maria Guadalupe Lopez Esquival "La Catina", 21, leader of the
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan was killed in a gun battle with state and federal security forces in the area in January 2020.
Fauna
The Michoacán club-tail iguana (''
Ctenosaura clarki'') is endemic to Tepalcatepec. The habitat of this species is dry, hot, cactus-covered rocky hillsides.
References
Populated places in Michoacán
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