Tepalcatepec Tepeque
City and municipality
Tepalcatepec Tepalcatepec within Michoacán state
Coordinates: 19°11′N 102°51′W / 19.183°N 102.850°W / 19.183; -102.850
Country	Mexico
State	Michoacán
Region	Tierra Caliente
Population  (2010)
• City and municipality	42,879
• Metro	34,568

Tepalcatepec, also known as Tepeque, is a city and municipality in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, in the southwestern Tierra Caliente region of the state. The municipality borders the state of Jalisco to the north and west.

The total population of Tepalcatepec in 2010 was 34,568, and the total population of the municipality was 42,879.

Maria Guadalupe Lopez Esquival "La Catrina", 21, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan was killed in a gun battle with state and federal security forces in the area in January 2020.^[1]

The Michoacán club-tail iguana (Ctenosaura clarki) is endemic to Tepalcatepec. The habitat of this species is dry, hot, cactus-covered rocky hillsides.