As municipal seat, the town of Tzintzuntzan is the governing authority for 35 other named communities, including Ihuatzio, which has more population.

[2][3] The municipality is in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, in the Pátzcuaro Basin, with peaks such as Lagarto, Tariácuri and Patambicho.

Most of the population is employed in commerce, selling pottery, textiles, embroidered items, baskets and religious figures.

[2] The community of Ihuatzio is located just south of the town of Tzintzuntzan and was one of the other major cities of the Purépecha Empire.

The wetland project is designed to treat wastewater before it returns to Lake Pátzcuaro and processes the discharge of a population of 700 people.