Morelos
Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca. Morelos is a landlocked state located in South Central Mexico. It is bordered by the states of México to the northeast and northwest, Puebla to the east, and Guerrero to the southwest. Mexico City is situated north of Morelos. Morelos is the second-smallest... Show more 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...