Cuitzeo | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Church and former monastery of Santa María Magdalena | |
| Coordinates: 19°58′07″N 101°08′22″W / 19.96861°N 101.13944°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Municipal Seat | Cuitzeo del Porvenir |
| Town Founded | 1550 |
| Municipality Founded | 1825 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Fernando Alvarado Rangel |
| Population (2010)Municipality | |
| • Municipality | 28,227 |
| • Seat | 8,760 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Website | Official site |
Cuitzeo (Spanish: [kwiˈtseo] ) is a municipality located in the north of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipal seat is the town of Cuitzeo del Porvenir It is located in a relatively flat depression around Lake Cuitzeo, a large, very shallow lake, which is in danger of disappearing. The town was officially founded in 1550, with the founding of a large Augustinian monastery, which still stands. Today, the town is the seat of a rural municipality, providing local government to surrounding communities.