Chilpancingo de los Bravo (municipality)

Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Municipality
Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W / 17.183; -99.483Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W / 17.183; -99.483
Country  Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipal seat Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Government
 • Municipal President Héctor Astudillo Flores(PRI)
Area
 • Total 2,338.4 km2 (902.9 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 214,219

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

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 Román1969–1971
Elías Naime Nemer1972–1974
Juan Alarcón Hernández1975–1977
Magdalena Vázquez de Huicochea1978–1980
Carlos León Román1981–1983
Alberto Saavedra Ramos1984–1986
Florencio Salazar Adame1987–1989
1990–1993
Jorge León Robledo1993–1996
Héctor Astudillo Flores1996–1999
Reyes Betancourt Linares (interino)1998–1999
José Luis Peralta Lobato1999–2002
Saúl Alarcón Abarca2002–2005
Mario Moreno Arcos2005–2008

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. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ Acuña Cepeda, Mirtea Elizabeth (19 November 2017), "Antonia Nava de Catalán, la Generala", Ecos de la Costa (in Spanish), retrieved 2017-11-28
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