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Chilpancingo de los Bravo (municipality)

Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W / 17.183; -99.483
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Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Chilpancingo de los Bravo is located in Mexico
Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W / 17.183; -99.483
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatChilpancingo
Government
 • Municipal PresidentGustavo Alarcón Herrera (PAN)
Area
 • Total
2,338.4 km2 (902.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
214,219

Chilpancingo de los Bravo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat is Chilpancingo de los Bravo.

Geography

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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

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

Locality Population
Total Municipio 214,219
Chilpancingo de los Bravo 166,796
Petaquillas 7,627
Ocotito 6,212
Mazatlán 4,599
Jaleaca de Catalán[a] 2,578
Palo Blanco 2,288
Julián Blanco 1,956

Administration

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References

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  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