The municipality of Nocupétaro is located in the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán at an elevation between 500 and 1,800 metres (1,600–5,900 ft).

It borders the municipalities of Madero to the north, Carácuaro to the east, Turicato to the southwest, and Tacámbaro to the northwest.

[2] José María Morelos served as parish priest of Carácuaro and Nocupétaro from 1799 until 1810, when he joined the rebels in the Mexican War of Independence.

[2][8] The municipal government of Nocupétaro comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and seven trustees (regidores), four elected by relative majority and three by proportional representation.

The main crops are corn, sorghum, beans and squash, and livestock such as goats, pigs, cattle and poultry are raised.