Gabriel Zamora is a municipality in the center of Michoacán. It covers 0.72% of the area of the state. and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of , Uruapan and Taretan, to the east by Nuevo Urecho, to the south by Múgica, and to the west by Parácuaro. The municipality had a population of 19,876 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of LombardÃÂa.
Before having its name change to Gabriel Zamora, the municipality was known as a Hacienda de La Zanja. It was purchased by and renamed Lombardia, after his native región of .
In 1993, the municipality was and remains named after Gabriel Zamora, a Mexican farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist.