Municipio Quitupan

Quitupan
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Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Seat	Quitupan
surface	676.3 km²
Residents	8691 (2010)
density	12.9 inhabitants per km²
founding	1870
Website	quitupan.jalisco.gob.mx
INEGI no.	14069
politics
Presidente municipal	Iraldo Contreras Aguilar

Coordinates: 19 ° 55 ′  N , 102 ° 52 ′  W

Quitupan is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Sureste region . The municipality had 8,691 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of ​​the municipality is 676.3 km².

The largest place in the municipality and administrative seat is the Quitupan of the same name . Another place with at least 1000 inhabitants exists with Lázaro Cárdenas . The municipality comprises a total of 122 localities.

The municipality of Quitupan borders the municipalities Valle de Juárez and Santa María del Oro and the municipalities Marcos Castellanos , Jiquilpan and Cotija in the state of Michoacán .

The municipality is at an altitude of 1550  m to 2100  m and is part of the Sierra de Mazamitla . About 75% of the community area is forested.

Web links

Commons : Quitupan  - Collection of Images

• Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Quitupan (Spanish)
• INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Quitupan (Spanish; PDF)
• jalisco.gob.mx: Quitupan (Spanish)