| Indaparapeo | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Indaparapeo |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | María Teresa Pérez Romero |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 10 December 1831 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 176.985 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 16427 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2015 Intercensal Survey |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Est: | 16990 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 6791 |
| Timezone: | Central |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 19.7878°N -100.9686°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [4] |
| Elevation Point: | of seat |
| Elevation M: | 1921 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 58970–58978[5] |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 451 |
| Website: | Official website |
Indaparapeo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located approximately east of the state capital of Morelia.
The municipality of Indaparapeo is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northeast Michoacán at an elevation between 1900and(-). It borders the municipalities of Zinapécuaro to the north, Queréndaro to the east, Tzitzio to the south, Charo to the southwest, and Álvaro Obregón to the northwest.[6] The municipality covers an area of [2] and comprises 0.30% of the state's area.[6]
As of 2009, the land in Indaparapeo consists of farmland (41%), temperate forest (41%), grassland (9%), rainforest (5%), and urban areas (3%).[6] About 95% of the entire municipality is located in the Lerma River basin, while the southernmost part is drained by the Purungueo River, a tributary of the Cutzamala River.
Indaparapeo has a temperate climate with rain in the summer.[1] Average temperatures in the municipality range between 18and(-), and average annual precipitation ranges between 700and(-).[6]
In the Purépecha language, Indaparapeo has been translated to mean "place of games" or "place of victory in combat"; the latter would appear to be a reference to the Tarascans defeating the Aztecs. Prior to Spanish contact, Indaparapeo was inhabited by the Matlatzinca people, who were allies of the Tarascans.[1]
Indaparapeo was one of the 61 municipalities initially created in Michoacán in 1831. Its original extent has been reduced by the creation of several municipalities from its territory, namely Queréndaro in 1921, Álvaro Obregón in 1930 and Tzitzio in 1936.[1] [7]
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.[1] The current president of the municipality is María Teresa Pérez Romero.[8]
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Indaparapeo recorded a population of 16,427 inhabitants living in 3791 households.[9] The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 16,990 inhabitants in Indaparapeo.[3]
There are 39 localities in the municipality,[4] of which two are classified as urban:
Important economic activities in Indaparapeo include agriculture and brickmaking.[1] [10]