Tepalcatepec

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Tepalcatepec Tepeque
City and municipality
Tepalcatepec Tepalcatepec within Michoacán
Coordinates: 19°11′N 102°51′W / 19.183°N 102.850°W / 19.183; -102.850
Country	Mexico
State	Michoacán
Region	Tierra Caliente
Population  (2010)
• City and municipality	42,879
• Metro	34,568
Time zone	UTC-6 (Zona Centro)

Tepalcatepec, also known as Tepeque, is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located in the state's southwestern Tierra Caliente region, bordering the state of Jalisco to the north and west.

The total population of Tepalcatepec in 2010 was 34,568, and the total population of the municipality was 42,879.

María Guadalupe López Esquivel, aka "La Catrina", 21, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, was killed in a gun battle with state and federal security forces in the area in January 2020.^[1]

Serving municipal president Martha Laura Mendoza Mendoza and her husband were murdered by gunmen outside their home in Tepalcatepec on 17 June 2025.^[2]

The Michoacán club-tail iguana (Ctenosaura clarki) is endemic to Tepalcatepec. The habitat of this species is dry, hot, cactus-covered rocky hillsides.

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