Morelos | |
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Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos | |
Motto(s): Tierra y Libertad (Land an Liberty) | |
Anthem: Marcha Morelense | |
![]() State o Morelos athin Mexico | |
Coordinates: 18°44′51″N 99°04′13″W / 18.74750°N 99.07028°W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
Caipital | Cuernavaca |
Lairgest Ceety | Cuernavaca |
Municipalities | 33 |
Admission | April 17, 1869[1] |
Order | 27t |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Marco Antonio Adame ![]() |
• Senators[2] | Adrián Rivera Pérez ![]() Martha Leticia Rivera ![]() Graco Ramírez ![]() |
• Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies
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Area | |
• Total | 4893 km2 (1,889 sq mi) |
Rankit 30t | |
Highest elevation | 5500 m (18,000 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 1,777,227 |
• Rank | 23rd |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 2nt |
Demonym(s) | Morelense |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 62 |
Aurie code | Aurie codes
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ISO 3166 code | MX-MOR |
HDI | ![]() |
GDP | US$ 7,557,552.968 mil[a] |
Website | Offeecial Wab Steid |
^ a. The state's GDP wis 96,736,678 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amoont correspondin tae 7,557,552.968 millon o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8] |
Morelos (Spaingie pronunciation: [moˈɾelos]), offeecially Free an Sovereign State o Morelos (Spaingie: Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 33 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Cuernavaca.
It is locatit in Sooth-Central Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o México tae the north-east an north-wast, Puebla tae the east an Guerrero tae the soothwast. Mexico Ceety is situatit north o Morelos.
Morelos is the seicont-smawest state in the naition, juist efter Tlaxcala. It wis pairt o the vera muckle province then State o Mexico till 1869, when Benito Juárez decreed that its territory wad be separatit an namit in honour o José María Morelos, who defendit the ceety o Cuautla frae ryalist forces durin the Mexican War o Unthirldom. Maist o the state enjoys a wairm climate year-roond, which is guid for the raisin o succar cane an ither crops. Morelos haes attractit visitors frae the Valley o Mexico syne Aztec times. The day, mony fowk frae Mexico Ceety spend weekends in the state or awn seicont hames thare, especially in the Cuernavaca aurie.
The state is kent for the Chinelos an aw, a teep o costumit dancer that appears at festivals, especially Carnival, which is celebratit in a nummer o commonties in the state. It is hame tae Tepoztlán an aw, a “New Age” toun an a Warld Heritage Steid, the Monasteries on the slopes o Popocatépetl.
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