Tumbiscatío is a municipality in the soothwast region o the Mexican state o Michoacán. The municipality haes a aurie o 2,069.48 square kilometres (3.51% o the surface of the state)[1] an is bordered tae the north bi the municipalities o Apatzingán an La Huacana, tae the east an sooth bi Arteaga, tae the soothwast bi Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, an tae the wast bi Aguililla. The municipality haed a population o 8,373 inhabitants accordin tae the 2005 census.[2] Its municipal seat is the ceety o Tumbiscatío de Ruiz.