Huitzuco

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Huitzuco
Huitzuco de los Figueroa Cathedral
Huitzuco de los Figueroa Cathedral
Location of Huitzuco de los Figueroa municipality in Guerrero
Location of Huitzuco de los Figueroa municipality in Guerrero
Huitzuco (Mexico)
Huitzuco
Huitzuco
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°18′N 99°21′W / 18.3, -99.35
Country Mexico
State Guerrero
Population (2005)
 - Total 16, 025

Huitzuco (the municipal seat of Huitzuco de los Figueroa) is located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was founded in the early 1800s. Different versions exist on the meaning of the word Huitzuco, the doctor Gutierre Tibón affirms that it comes from the Nahuatl huitzilizo (thorns), and the locative co, and so means as “Place of Thorns”, because their lands were covered with huisache.

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Coordinates: 18°18′N 99°21′W / 18.3, -99.35