Coahuayana is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 located in the southwest region of the Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 state of Michoacán

Michoacán

Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...

. The municipality has an area of 362.34 square kilometres (0.61% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipality of Chinicuila

Chinicuila

Chinicuila is a municipality located in the southwestern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 928.64 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the state of Jalisco, to the east by Coalcomán, to the south by Aquila, and to the west by Coahuayana and the...

, to the south by Aquila

Aquila, Michoacán

Aquila is a town in the northwest part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is 23 mi/43 km southeast of Tecoman. Its population was 1,915 in 2002. It is located at Latitude: 18°35'N Longitude: 103°31'W and at elevation 989 ft/510 m. It has harsh terrain. Agriculture consists of small...

 and the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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, and to the west and northwest by the state of Colima

Colima

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. The municipality had a population of 11,632 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.

Coahuayana is a word of Náhuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 origin that means "Place Where Trees and Squash

Cucurbita maxima

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are Abundant".