Cotija de la Paz (ko-TEE-hah de lah PAHS), city (1990 pop. 12,553), Cotija municipio, Michoacán, central Mexico, on central plateau, 35 mi/56 km SW of Zamora de Hidalgo; 19°48'N 102°52'W. Agr. center (corn, sugarcane, fruit, tobacco; stock).
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