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Country
  
Mexico

Founded
  
400 AD

Local time
  
Monday 6:39 PM

State
  
Guerrero

Population
  
2,276 (2005)

Municipality
  
Cutzamala de Pinzón

Cutzamala de Pinzón

Weather
  
31°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 30% Humidity

Cutzamala de Pinzón is a city, and seat of Cutzamala de Pinzón Municipality, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. As of a 2005 the town has a population of 2276. It is located in the far northwestern part of the state, on the border with Michoacán.

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Map of Cutzamala de Pinz%C3%B3n, Guerrero, Mexico

History

Eutimio Pinzón, often considered the hero of Cutzamala, was the general who defended the town during the French Intervention of 1874.

The name Cutzamala comes from a Nahuatl word cutzamatl meaning "weasel"; hence, "Place of Weasels". It was known to Purepecha speakers as "Apatzingán", which has the same meaning. An alternative theory suggests the Nahuatl word cutzamallot, meaning "rainbow."

References

Cutzamala de Pinzón Wikipedia