| Apatzingán | |
| Official Name: | Apatzingán de la Constitución |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Nicknames: | La Perla de Tierra Caliente, Cuna de la Constitución Mexicana |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Apatzingán in Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 19.0886°N -102.3508°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michoacán |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Apatzingán |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1617 |
| Leader Party: | PRI |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Jose torres |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 325 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 99,010 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code: | 60600 - 60753 |
| Area Code: | 453 |
Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Mexico's Constitution of Apatzingán was signed in the city in 1814, during the Mexican War of Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Spain against the Spanish Empire.
Six federal police officers were charged with murder on August 21, 2019 for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead on January 6, 2015 in Apatzingán. At least nine people died and several were injured when police fired against members and sympathizers of self-defense groups who had taken over the municipal palace.
The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tierra Caliente Valley. It has an area of 1,656.67 km2 (639.64 sq mi), and reported a population of 99,010 (2010).
The city of Apatzingán is the sixth-largest in Michoacán (behind Morelia, Uruapan, Zamora, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Zitacuaro), with a 2015 census population of 128,250 persons. The major Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range and the municipality of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares are to the west.
Despite having an annual precipitation of 752mm, Apatzingán has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh) due to its hot temperatures and high evaporation rates.[2]
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