| Morelos | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Seal Size: | 70px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Michoacán and Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Villa Morelos |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | José Guadalupe Coria Solís |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 10 December 1831 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 183.927 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 8091 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2015 Intercensal Survey |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Est: | 7806 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Seat |
| Population Blank1: | 2446 |
| Timezone: | Central |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 20.0033°N -101.4144°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [4] |
| Elevation Point: | of seat |
| Elevation M: | 2299 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 58800–58807[5] |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 438 |
| Website: | Official website |
Morelos is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located approximately northwest of the state capital of Morelia.
The municipality of Morelos is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northern Michoacán at an elevation between 2100and(-). It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of Puruándiro to the northwest, Huandacareo to the east, Chucándiro to the southeast, Huaniqueo to the southwest, and Jiménez to the northwest.[6] It also borders the municipality of Yuriria in Guanajuato to the northeast. The municipality covers an area of [2] and comprises 0.31% of the state's area.[6]
As of 2009, the land cover in Morelos consists of temperate forest (30%), grassland (13%), and tropical forest (5%). Another 49% of the land is used for agriculture and 2% consists of urban areas.[6] Morelos is located in the Lerma River basin. There are small reservoirs named Epitacio Huerta and Caballerias in the municipality, which are used for agricultural irrigation.
Morelos has a temperate climate with rain in the summer.[1] Average temperatures in the municipality range between 14and(-), and average annual precipitation ranges between 800and(-).[6]
The place now known as Morelos was originally called Huango, and was part of the Tarascan state in pre-Hispanic Mexico. Huango was one of the 61 municipalities created in Michoacán in 1831. In 1898, the municipal seat was renamed Huango de Morelos. In 1902 the seat was renamed Villa Morelos and the municipality itself renamed Morelos.[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 José Guadalupe Coria Solís.[8]
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Morelos recorded a population of 8091 inhabitants living in 2123 households.[9] The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 7806 inhabitants in Morelos.[3]
There are 31 localities in the municipality,[4] of which only the municipal seat Villa Morelos is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 2446 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.[9]
The main economic activity in Morelos is agriculture. Corn is the main crop, followed by forage oats.[10]