Morelia

capital of the State of Michoacán, Mexico
Place locality_of_mexico Q200252
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Summary

Morelia is a locality of Mexico[1]. Morelia ranks in the top 2% of locality of mexico entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Morelia Municipality[5]
  • Country: Mexico[6]
  • Head of government: Raúl Morón Orozco[7]
  • Named after: José María Morelos[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Valladolid[9], Linares[10], Yakima[11], Fullerton[12], Oaxaca de Juárez[13]
  • Postal code: 58000[14]
  • Commons category: Morelia[15]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[16]
  • Local dialing code: 443[17]
  • Inception: May 18, 1541[18]
  • Significant event: Siege of Morelia[19]
  • Official website: http://www.morelia.gob.mx[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Morelia[21]
  • Population: 743,275[22]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[26], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[27]
  • Capital of: Michoacán[28], Nuevo Urecho[29], Charapan[30], Copándaro de Galeana[31], Briseñas Municipality[32], Churintzio[33], Morelia Municipality[34], Irimbo[35], Epitacio Huerta[36]
  • Official name: Morelia[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Morelia[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Morelia[39]
  • Demonym: moreliano[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Morelia[41]
  • Different from: Morelia[42]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1920 m[43]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Morelia include Anyphaena morelia[44], a taxon[45].

Why It Matters

Morelia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Morelia is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Morelia include Anyphaena morelia[44], a taxon[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . info.valladolid.es. info.valladolid.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . diariomarca.com.mx. diariomarca.com.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . ovpm.org. Retrieved . ovpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . inegi.org.mx. inegi.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−06:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48215|batch #48215]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3b9Z2l
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1312718
    National library of chile id → 000220541
    National library of ireland id → vtls001146027
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Official website: http://www.morelia.gob.mx"
  4. 22w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ne.se id → morelia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ne.se id: morelia, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/12816047|Morelia (#12816047)]] for {{P|3222}}"
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