Tancitaro

Tancitaro is a town and municipality inside the western part of the Mexican state of Michoacan, in Southwestern Mexico. Its municipal seat is the City of Tancitaro. The municipality has a place of 717.Sixty five square kilometres. It is bordered to the north via the municipalities of Periban and Uruapan, to the east by way of Nuevo Parangaricutiro, to southeast by using Paracuaro, to the south through Apatzingan, and to the southwest via Buenavista. A volcanic peak, Pico de Tancítaro or Volcan Tancítaro, is located inside the municipality. At 3,845 metres in elevation, it's miles the best factor in Michoacan country.

The municipality had a populace of 26,089 inhabitants in step with the 2005 census. Due to its boom in criminal interest in the location, its 60 guy Municipal Police Force changed into disbanded in December 2009. Soon after the humans of Michoacan commenced taking arms against the drug traffickers and against prepared crime. They known as themselves "automobile defensas". Mayor Gustavo Santoro and an aide were discovered lifeless September 27, 2010. It is assumed they have been murdered via stoning.