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Chavinda
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Chavinda is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at an elevation of and is northwest of Morelia and is southeast of Guadalajara. The 2015 population was 10,258. To the east, away, is Zamora, one of Mexico's quaintest towns.

Key facts

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Chavinda
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Municipality
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Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Chavinda.jpg
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Escudo de Chavinda.jpg
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Mexico
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Location of Chavinda in México
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Country
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México
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State
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Michoacán
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Municipality
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Chavinda
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Municipal Seat
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Chavinda
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[2025-]
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Municipal President
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La Chilindrina
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Metric

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Wikidata facts

Country
Mexico
Population
10258
Elevation
1567
Time zone
UTC−05:00
Official website
www.chavinda.gob.mx
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Mass poisoning
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Chavinda is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at an elevation of and is northwest of Morelia and is southeast of Guadalajara. The 2015 population was 10,258. To the east, away, is Zamora, one of Mexico's quaintest towns.

The town of Chavinda is the municipal seat for the municipality. Other small towns and villages included in the municipality are La Esperanza, San Juan Palmira, and El Tepehuaje.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chavinda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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