Chilpancingo de los Bravo | |
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Coordinates: 17°11′N99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W Coordinates: 17°11′N99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Guerrero |
Municipal seat | Chilpancingo |
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.
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]
The municipality has 114 localities. The largest are as follows:
Locality | Population |
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Total Municipio | 214,219 |
Chilpancingo de los Bravo | 166,796 |
Petaquillas | 7,627 |
Ocotito | 6,212 |
Mazatlán | 4,599 |
Jaleaca de Catalán [lower-alpha 1] | 2,578 |
Palo Blanco | 2,288 |
Julián Blanco | 1,956 |
Municipal president | Period |
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Darío Mirando Román | 1969–1971 |
Elías Naime Nemer | 1972–1974 |
Juan Alarcón Hernández | 1975–1977 |
Magdalena Vázquez de Huicochea | 1978–1980 |
Carlos León Román | 1981–1983 |
Alberto Saavedra Ramos | 1984–1986 |
Florencio Salazar Adame | 1987–1989 |
1990–1993 | |
Jorge León Robledo | 1993–1996 |
Héctor Astudillo Flores | 1996–1999 |
Reyes Betancourt Linares (interino) | 1998–1999 |
José Luis Peralta Lobato | 1999–2002 |
Saúl Alarcón Abarca | 2002–2005 |
Mario Moreno Arcos | 2005–2008 |
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