Morelos
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| State of Morelos | |||
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| Country |  Mexico |
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| Capital | Cuernavaca | ||
| Municipalities | 33 | ||
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| - Governor | Marco Adame Castillo (PAN) | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PAN: 3 PRD: 1 PRI: 1 |
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| - Federal Senators | Adrián Rivera (PAN) Martha Rivera (PAN) Graco Ramírez (PRD) |
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| Area Ranked 30th |
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| - Total | 4,950 km² (1,911.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 1,612,899 (Ranked 22nd) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0.7856 - medium Ranked 16th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | MX-MOR | ||
| Postal abbr. | Mor. | ||
| Website: Morelos State Government Site | |||
Morelos is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Morelos has an area of about 4,941 square kilometers (1,907.7 sq mi), making it the second-smallest of the country's states. Morelos is bordered by Mexico State to the north and west, Puebla to the east, and Guerrero to the south. In 2007 census the population was 1,612,899 people.
The capital of Morelos is the city of Cuernavaca. Morelos also contains the cities of Cuautla, Jiutepec, and Temixco, and the pre-Columbian ruins of Xochicalco.
Morelos was named after José María Morelos, one of the heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Anenecuilco in Morelos was the hometown of Emiliano Zapata. The state was the center of Zapata's revolutionary activity.
Morelos has always had great revolutionary activity, numerous guerrillas, have homed and struggled for justice here.
Morelos was a traditionally Nahuatl-speaking territory, and variants of the language are still spoken today in towns such as Cuentepec, Hueyapan, and (a very different variant) Tetelcingo.
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[edit] Municipalities
Morelos is subdivided into 33 municipalities (municipios). See Municipalities of Morelos.
Morelos' capital is Cuernavaca, also known as "La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera", "The City of Eternal Spring".
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Morelos State Government Site
- Tourism Site for Morelos State
- (Spanish) Towns, cities, and postal codes in Morelos
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