Zihuatanejo de Azueta

Municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero
Municipality in Guerrero, Mexico
17°40′0″N 101°34′0″W / 17.66667°N 101.56667°W / 17.66667; -101.56667Country MexicoStateGuerreroMunicipal seatZihuatanejoMunicipality created23 December 1953Area
 • Total1,468 km2 (567 sq mi)Population
 (2010)
 • Total118,211Websitehttps://zihuatanejodeazueta.gob.mx/

Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It includes the major resort communities of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa in addition to numerous other towns. In 2010 it had a population of 118,211 inhabitants. It has an area of 1468 km² (567 sq mi).[1] Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its municipal president for the 2005-08 period was Silvano Blanco Deaquino.

History

It was created on 23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt. José Azueta, a hero of the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz.

Major communities

  • El Coacoyul
  • Ixtapa
  • Pantla
  • San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo)
  • Zihuatanejo

See also

  • Mexican Federal Highway 200

References

  1. ^ "Descarga de Base de Datos (Poblacion)". Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal (SNIM) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (INAFED). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  • Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
  • Guerrero Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Media related to Zihuatanejo de Azueta Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

  • (in Spanish) Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta official website
  • de Azueta Zihuatanejo de Azueta at Curlie

17°40′N 101°34′W / 17.667°N 101.567°W / 17.667; -101.567

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