Chilapa de Alvarez

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Vendors selling woven goods in the tianguis of Chilapa.

Chilapa de Alvarez, informally known as Chilapa, is a municipality in the state of Guerrero,Mexico, approximately 54 kilometers east of the state capital of Chilpancingo. It is a very old town, its first official charter was issued by the Aztec government in the 15th century, after the area's conquest by Moctezuma I in 1458. The Spanish officially designated the town as Chilapa de Santa Maria de Asuncion in 1522, in the late 19th century it was renamed Chilapa de Alvarez in honor of Mexican president Juan Álvarez. Traces of human occupation in the area date to at least 1200 BC.

The year 2000 Mexican census counted 102,853 persons in the municipality.

Chilapa is noted for its large Saturday tianguis, or Aztec market. Local culinary specialities of Chilapa are pozole, chalupas, pan de chilapa bread, and homemade mezcal. The municipal cathedral has a mechanical figurine of Juan Diego, who appears at a window in the cathedral spire and drops rose petals onto the plaza below.