Chilpancingo de los Bravo (municipality)

Chilpancingo de los Bravo is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico.

Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatChilpancingo
Government
  Municipal PresidentHéctor Astudillo Flores(PRI)
Area
  Total2,338.4 km2 (902.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total214,219

The municipal seat lies at Chilpancingo de los Bravo.

Geography

The municipality is within the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range. It covers an area of 2,338.4 square kilometres (902.9 sq mi).

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 214,219.[1]

Towns and villages

The municipality has 114 localities. The largest are as follows:

LocalityPopulation
Total Municipio214,219
Chilpancingo de los Bravo166,796
Petaquillas7,627
Ocotito6,212
Mazatlán4,599
Jaleaca de Catalán[lower-alpha 1]2,578
Palo Blanco2,288
Julián Blanco1,956

Administration

Municipal presidents

Municipal presidentPeriod
Darío Mirando Román19691971
Elías Naime Nemer19721974
Juan Alarcón Hernández19751977
Magdalena Vázquez de Huicochea19781980
Carlos León Román19811983
Alberto Saavedra Ramos19841986
Florencio Salazar Adame19871989
19901993
Jorge León Robledo19931996
Héctor Astudillo Flores19961999
Reyes Betancourt Linares (interino)19981999
José Luis Peralta Lobato19992002
Saúl Alarcón Abarca20022005
Mario Moreno Arcos20052008

References

  1. Jaleaca became Jaleaca de Catalán by decree 15 of 3 June 1889 in honour of the brave offer of Antonia Nava de Catalán in offering to sacrifice herself during the Mexican War of Independence.[2]
  1. "Chilpancingo de los Bravo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  2. Acuña Cepeda, Mirtea Elizabeth (19 November 2017), "Antonia Nava de Catalán, la Generala", Ecos de la Costa (in Spanish), archived from the original on 1 December 2017, retrieved 2017-11-28
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