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Tarimbaro
is a
municipality
in the
Mexican
state
of
Michoacan
. The municipality has an area of 258.57 square kilometres (0.43% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by
Copandaro
,
Meson Nuevo
and
Cuitzeo
, to the east by
Alvaro Obregon
, to the south by
Morelia
and
Charo
, and to the west by
Chucandiro
. The municipality had a population of 51,479 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
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Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
Economy
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The economy of the municipality is mostly based on agriculture and ranching.
History
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In
pre-Hispanic
times the region of present-day Tarimbaro was inhabited by the semi-
nomadic
Chichimeca
(who knew the area "place of the willows") and the
Purepecha people
of Central Mexico.
As of March 3, 2021, the municipality had reported 625 confirmed cases and 77 deaths from the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
.
[2]
Five-time mayor Baltazar Gaona Sanchez, 80 (
PRD
), became victim number 78 on March 5.
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References
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19°48′N
101°10′W
/
19.800°N 101.167°W
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19.800; -101.167
