Coahuayana
Coahuayana
Coahuayana de Hidalgo | |
|---|---|
City, municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Coahuayana  Coahuayana | |
| Coordinates: 18°45′N 103°40′W / 18.750°N 103.667°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,022 |
| (municipality) | |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Website | coahuayana.gob.mx |
Coahuayana (formally: Coahuayana de Hidalgo) is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which is located on the Pacific Ocean coast and is the westernmost municipality in Michoacán.
The municipality has an area of 362.34 square kilometres (0.61% of the surface of the state)[1] and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Chinicuila, to the south by Aquila and the Pacific Ocean, and to the west and northwest by the state of Colima. The municipality reported a population of 17,022 in the 2020 INEGI census,[2] up from 11,632 in 2005.[3]
Coahuayana is a word of Nahuatl origin that means "Place Where Trees and Squash are Abundant".[1]
References
- ^ a b Michoacán Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved on 8 October 2007
- ^ "Coahuayana: Ficha Municipal de Información 2022" (PDF). Michoacán State Government. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
External links
- https://coahuayana.gob.mx/ – Municipal website
- Cultura y Magia en las narraciones orales de Coahuayana Gloria Vergara Mendoza
