The state of Morelos is located in the Neovolcanic Axis.

It has 33 municipalities, 1,341 villages and a population of 1,555,296 (750,799 male and 804,497 female).

The capital city is Cuernavaca and it lies at 1,510 meters above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 19°08', South 18°20' Lat North; East 98°38', West 99°30' West Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

0.2% of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Morelos borders north with the State of Mexico and the Federal District; East with Mexico and Puebla; to the south with Puebla and Guerrero; West with Guerrero and Mexico.

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Volcán Popocatépetl          5,500

Cerro Tres Cumbres 3,280

Volcán Ololica                   3,280

Volcán Tesoyo                  3,180

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Balsas

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural      52.91 %                                Grazing land      5.04 %                   Forest      8.53 %                                                   

                                                             Jungle          30.70%                       Other         2.82 %

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer  (67.83%)

Semi-warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (18.80%)

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (9.70%)

Semi-cold humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer          (2.46%)

Semi-cold sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (1.17%)

Cold   (0.04%)