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Morelos | |
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State | |
| Free and Sovereign State of Morelos Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos (Spanish) | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Tierra y Libertad('Land and Liberty') (Coat of arms: La tierra volverá a quienes la trabajan con sus manos [The land will be returned to those who work it with their hands]) | |
| Anthem: Marcha Morelense | |
 State of Morelos within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 18°45′N 99°4′W / 18.750°N 99.067°W[1] | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital | Cuernavaca |
| Largest City | Cuernavaca |
| Municipalities | 36 |
| Admission | 17 April 1869[2] |
| Order | 27th |
| Named for | José María Morelos |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Cuauhtémoc Blanco (MORENA) |
| • Senators[3] | Lucía Virginia Meza Guzmán  Sergio Pérez Flores  Ángel García Yáñez |
| • Deputies[4] | Federal Deputies |
| Area [5][6] | |
| • Total | 4,893 km2 (1,889 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Ranked 30th | |
| Elevation | 1,418 m (4,652 ft) |
| Highest elevation [7][8] | 5,419 m (17,779 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2020)[9] | |
| • Total | 1,971,520 |
| • Rank | 23rd |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Demonym | Morelense |
| GDP [10] | |
| • Total | MXN 314 billion (US$15.6 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$7,861) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 62 |
| Area code | Area codes |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-MOR |
| HDI |  0.775 high Ranked 18th |
| Website | Official Web Site |
Morelos (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈɾelos] ⓘ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities[11][12] and its capital city is Cuernavaca.
Morelos is bordered by Mexico City to the north, and by the states of México to the northeast and northwest, Puebla to the east and Guerrero to the southwest.
Morelos is the second-smallest state in the nation, just after Tlaxcala. It was part of a very large province, the State of Mexico, until 1869 when Benito Juárez decreed that its territory would be separated and named in honor of José María Morelos y Pavón, who defended the city of Cuautla from royalist forces during the Mexican War of Independence. Most of the state enjoys a warm climate year-round, which is good for the raising of sugar cane and other crops. Morelos has attracted visitors from the Valley of Mexico since Aztec times.
The state is also known for the Chinelos, a type of costumed dancer that appears at festivals, especially Carnival, which is celebrated in a number of communities in the state. It is also home to the Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl, a designated World Heritage Site.
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- ^ "Se crea el Estado de Morelos" [Creation of the State of Morelos] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Senadores por Entidad Federativa:Morelos" [Senators by federal entity:Morelos] (in Spanish). Senado.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Ellos son los diputados federales que ganaron las elecciones en Morelos" [These are the federal deputies who won the elections in Morelos] (in Spanish). Cadena Sur Multimedios. 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ "CEAGUA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Anuario estadístico y geográfico de Morelos 2017" (PDF). INEGI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "México en cifras". January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Citibanamex (13 June 2023). "Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Sólo son tres los nuevos municipios indígenas en Morelos" [There are only three new Indigenous municipalities in Morelos] (in Spanish). En Serio Noticias. 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Solo aprobaron a tres nuevos Indigenous municipalities" [Only three new Indigenous municipalities approved] (in Spanish). 26 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2018.