| Churumuco | |
| Official Name: | Churumuco de Morelos |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Churumuco in Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 18.6167°N -101.6333°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michoacán |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Churumuco |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Party: | PRI-PVEM |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gildardo Barrera Estrada |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,119.44 |
| Area Total Ha: | 111,944 |
| Area Water Ha: | 8,175 |
| Elevation M: | 200 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 14,366 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code: | 61880 - |
| Area Code: | 425 |
Churumuco is a municipality located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,119.44 square kilometres (1.90% of the surface of the state)[2] and is bordered to the north by the municipality of La Huacana, to the northeast by Turicato, to the south by the state of Guerrero, to the southwest by Huetamo, and to the west by Arteaga. The municipality had a population of 13,801 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[3]
Its municipal seat is the city of Churumuco de Morelos, which is named after José María Morelos, a Mexican priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement. Morelos served as priest of the town before taking arms.
Churumuco (from the Purépecha word Churumekua) means "Bird's beak".[4]