Cualac, Guerrero

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Cualac
Municipal seat
Motto: 
lugar de agua dulce
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Cualac
Coordinates: 17°46′N98°37′W / 17.767°N 98.617°W / 17.767; -98.617
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipality Cualac
Time zone UTC-6 (Central)

Cualac is a city and seat of the municipality of Cualac, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico. [1] Cualac means Lugar de agua buena which translates into place of good water. According to the 2012 census its population was 7,007. [2]

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References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 23, 2008
  2. "Cualác (Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico) - Population, Map and Location by »City Population«". Citypopulation.de. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2012-10-02.