Founded 400 AD Local time Monday 6:39 PM | Population 2,276 (2005) Municipality Cutzamala de Pinzón | |
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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."
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Cutzamala de Pinzón Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA