| 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. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac|kʷaw̥'naːwak is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the The United Mexican States (or Mexico) is a union of 31 thirty one States and one Federal District (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, December 6 1960) is a doctor Mexican politician and member of the The Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico 's bicameral The National Action Party ( Spanish Partido Acción Nacional) known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian democratic The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican Political party that wielded The Senate ( Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexico 's Bicameral Congress. Graco Ramírez Garrido Abreu (b in Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican left-wing politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their surface area Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 1,612,899 (Ranked 22nd) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The following table is a list of the 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the 2000 and The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The Human Development Index ( HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of Life expectancy, Literacy, Educational attainment, and GDP 7856 - medium Ranked 16th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | MX-MOR | ||
| Postal abbr. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their Human Development ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO | 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. Mexico State or State of Mexico (often abbreviated to " Edomex " from Estado de México in Spanish) is a state in the Is a Mexican state located in the center east of the country to the east of Mexico City. The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. In 2007 census the population was 1,612,899 people.
The capital of Morelos is the city of Cuernavaca. Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac|kʷaw̥'naːwak is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. Morelos also contains the cities of Cuautla, Jiutepec, and Temixco, and the pre-Columbian ruins of Xochicalco. Cuautla ( kwau-tlah) officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla de Morelos, ( The Heroic and Historic Cuautla of Morelos) or H Jiutepec is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. Temixco is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Morelos. The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences Xochicalco ("sho-chee-cal-co") is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos.
Morelos was named after José María Morelos, one of the heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón ( September 30, 1765, Valladolid now Morelia Michoacán – December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and The Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821 was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16 1810 Anenecuilco in Morelos was the hometown of Emiliano Zapata. Emiliano Zapata Salazar ( August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 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. Nahuatl ( is a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan or Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family
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Municipalities
Morelos is subdivided into 33 municipalities (municipios). A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or See Municipalities of Morelos. The Mexican state of Morelos is subdivided into 33 municipalities ( municipios)
Morelos' capital is Cuernavaca, also known as "La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera", "The City of Eternal Spring". Cuernavaca (Cuauhnāhuac|kʷaw̥'naːwak is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico.
Major communities
See also
External links
- (Spanish) Morelos State Government Site
- Tourism Site for Morelos State
- (Spanish) Towns, cities, and postal codes in Morelos
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