Cutzamala de Pinzón is a city, and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name

Cutzamala de Pinzón (municipality)

Cutzamala de Pinzón is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Cutzamala de Pinzón. The municipality covers an area of 611.1 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,730....

, in the Mexican state of Guerrero

Guerrero

Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

. As of a 2005 the town has a population of 2276. It is located in the far northwestern part of the state, on the border with 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...

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History

Eutimo Pinzón, often considered the hero of Cutzamala, was the general who defended the town during the French Intervention of 1874.

The name Cutzamala comes from a Nahuatl

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...

 word cutzamatl meaning "weasel"; hence, "Place of Weasels". It was known to Purepecha speakers as "Apatzingán", which has the same meaning. An alternative theory suggests the Nahuatl word cutzamallot, meaning "rainbow."