Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality)

Tixtla de Guerrero
Municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in Guerrero
Municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in Guerrero
Tixtla de Guerrero is located in Mexico
Tixtla de Guerrero
Tixtla de Guerrero
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°20′N 99°15′W / 17.333°N 99.250°W / 17.333; -99.250
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatTixtla de Guerrero
Area
 • Total290 km2 (110 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total37,300

Tixtla de Guerrero (Spanish: [ˈtiɣstla ðe ɣeˈreɾo], Nahuatl: [ˈtiʃt͡ɬa]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Tixtla de Guerrero. The municipality covers an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi).

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,300.[1]

Geography

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Towns and villages

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In 2005, the INEGI registered 37 localities in the municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero, these are the largest:

Locality Population
Total Population 37,300
Tixtla 21,720
Atliaca 7,439
Zoquiapa 1,512
Almolonga 1,220
El Durazno 1,095
Zacatzonapa 796
Chilacachapa 481

Administration

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Municipal presidents

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Municipal President Period
Albino López Catalán (1969-1971)
Hermenegildo Rodríguez Hernández (1972-1974)
Vicente Astudillo Alcaraz (1975-1977)
Román Catalán Bervera (1978-1980)
Pascual Póctzin Martínez (1981-1983)
Timoteo Valle Alcaraz (1984-1986)
Julia Jiménez Alarcón (1987-1989)
Hugo Cesáreo Astudillo Bello (1990-1993)
Edelmira Hernández Alcaraz (1993-1996)
J. Jesús Pastenes Hernández (1996-1999)
Jorge Vargas Alcaraz (1999-2002)
Edgardo Astudillo Morales (2002-2005)
Rogelio Nava Peralta (2005-2008)
Jorge Luis Campos Espíritu (2009-2012) Actual Presidente Electo

References

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  1. ^ "Tixtla de Guerrero". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 23, 2008.