Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares is a
municipality located in the southwest region of the
Mexican state of
Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 2,881.57 square kilometres (4.89% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the state of
Jalisco and the municipality of
Tepalcatepec, to the east by
Arteaga and
Aguililla, to the south by
Aquila, and to the west by
Chinicuila. The municipality had a population of 18,156 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
Coalcomán is a word of Nahuatl origin that means "Snake" or "Snake with Hands", according to some authors.
Coalcomán, Michoacán is a small, inter-montane town tucked high in the crevices of the western Sierra Madre mountains. From the flatlands of Apatzingán a two-lane highway takes you there, twisting and winding its way up toward a deep blue sky with rolling cotton clouds that hug the fir-covered crests. Long pine needles rustle in the cool mountain breeze. Horses roam here and there. This is definitely high country.
Approaching Coalcomán the long limbs of bougainvilla reach out over fence tops with delicate blood-red tissue paper flowers. Just past the cemetery a sign reads, "Welcome to Coalcomán; home of illustrious men and radiant women."
The president of Municipality of Coalcoman is Mizael Gonzalez Fernandez.
References
Category:Municipalities of Michoacán
Category:Populated places in Michoacán
