Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality)

Tixtla de Guerrero
Municipality

Municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in Guerrero
Tixtla de Guerrero

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 17°20′N 99°15′W / 17.333°N 99.250°WCoordinates: 17°20′N 99°15′W / 17.333°N 99.250°W
Country  Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipal seat Tixtla de Guerrero
Area
  Total 290 km2 (110 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 37,300

Tixtla de Guerrero is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tixtla de Guerrero. The municipality covers an area of 290 km².

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

Geography

Towns and villages

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

Municipal presidents

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

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