Los Reyes, Michoacán

Los Reyes is a municipality in the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 480.09 square kilometres (0.81% of the surface of the state)[1] and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Tangancícuaro, to the east by Charapan, to the southeast by Uruapan, to the south by Peribán, to the southwest by Tocumbo, and to the northwest by Tingüindín. The municipality had a population of 77,000 inhabitants according to the 2009 census.[2] Its municipal seat is the city of Los Reyes de Salgado.The city is also known for exporting avocados and blackberries. Both of these orchids surround the area between Los Reyes and Periban, it is also home of the Lobos Grises de los Reyes (Grey Wolves) a professional soccer team currently playing in the Tercera Division Mexicana at Group IX.

References

  1. ↑ Michoacán Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on October 9, 2007
  2. ↑ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Retrieved 2007-10-09.

Coordinates: 19°35′N 102°28′W / 19.583°N 102.467°W / 19.583; -102.467



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