Cuitzeo

Cuitzeo is a town and municipality placed inside the north of the Mexican country of Michoacan. It is positioned in a incredibly flat depression round Lake Cuitzeo, a massive, very shallow lake, that's in hazard of disappearing. The town was formally based in 1550, with the founding of a huge Augustinian monastery, which nonetheless stands. Today, the town is the seat of a rural municipality, imparting local authorities to surrounding communities.

The call derives from the Purepecha cuiseo this means that area of water packing containers. The current spelling dates to the 16th century. During the pre Hispanic duration, the region turned into stimulated through several cultures along with those of Chupicuaro, Teotihuacan and Tula. By the give up of that generation, it became underneath the manager of the Purepecha Empire. At the beginning of the colonial duration, in 1528, the area became assigned as an encomienda to Gonzalo Lopez, however by means of 1547; it has become a semi-independent Republic of Indians.