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'''Arteaga''' ({{IPA-es|arteˈaɣa}}) is a [[Municipalities o Mexico|municipality]] locatit in the soothren region o the [[Poleetical diveesions o Mexico|Mexican state]] o [[Michoacán]]. The municipality haes an aurie o 3,454.71 square kilometres (5.87% o the surface o the state)<ref>[http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_Michoacan Michoacán] ''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Retrieved on October 7, 2007</ref> an is bordered tae the north bi the municipality o [[La Huacana]], tae the east bi [[Churumuco]] an the state o [[Guerrero]], tae the sooth bi [[Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán|Lázaro Cárdenas]], an tae the wast bi [[Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares]], [[Tumbiscatío]], [[Aguililla]] an [[Aquila, Michoacán|Aquila]]. The municipality haed a population o 21,173 inhabitants accordin tae the 2005 census.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ | title=2005 Census | work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática | accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref>  Its municipal seat is the ceety o the same name.

The municipality is namit in honour o General [[José María Arteaga Magallanes]], a 19t-century naitional hero an govrenor o the state o [[Querétaro de Arteaga]].

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