Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 81 municipalities. The state has a population of about 3.5 million people. It is located in southwest Mexico and is bordered by the states of Michoacán to the north and west, the State of Mexico and Morelos to the north, Puebla to the northeast and Oaxaca to the east. In addition to the capital city, Chilpancingo and the largest city Acapulco, other cities in Guerrero include Petatlán, Ciudad Altamirano, Taxco, Iguala, Ixtapa, and Zihuatanejo. Today, it is home to a number of indigenous communities, including the Nahuas, Mixtecs, Tlapanecs, Amuzgos, and formerly Cuitlatecs. It is also home to communities of Afro-Mexicans in the Costa Chica region.
Chilpancingo de los Bravo is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of 2,338.4 km2 (902.9 sq mi) in the south-central part of the state, situated in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, on the bank of the Huacapa River. The city is on Federal Highway 95, which connects Acapulco to Mexico City. It is served by Chilpancingo National Airport, which is one of the five airports in the state.
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was a Mexican military officer and statesman who became the nation's second president. He was one of the leading generals who fought against Spain during the Mexican War of Independence.
Iguala, known officially as Iguala de la Independencia, is a historic city located 102 km (63 mi) from the state capital of Chilpancingo, in the Mexican state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico.
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, the exercise of the Ejectivo Power of this Mexican organization, it is deposited in a single individual, that denominates Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo and that is elect for a period of 6 years without any possibility of re-election. The governmental period begins day of February 15 of the year of the election and finishes on February 14 after having passed six years.
Under the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango. This post is held for a period of 6 years, and no re-election is permitted. The governor's term begins on September 15 of the year of the election and finishes on September 14 after having passed six years. The post is open to all citizens meeting the following criteria: a natural born citizen of Mexico, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Durango for an unbroken period of 5 years prior to election.
This is a list of events that happened in 2011 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
The Guerrero mass graves was a multihomicide of more than 55 people found in June 2010 in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. Officials of the state of Guerrero speculate that the mass graves where the bodies were found may hold up to 100 corpses.
Israel Nogueda Otero was a Mexican politician, economist and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Nogueda served as the Municipal President of Acapulco municipality from 1969 to 1971 and the Governor of Guerrero from 1971 until 1975.
Guerrero Maya Jr. is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a tecnico wrestling character. Guerrero Maya Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. He is the son of Esteban Mares Castañeda, better known under the ring names Black Terry and Guerrero Maya. He has previously competed as the enmascarado characters Samba and Multifacético.
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 7 June 2015, alongside municipal elections.
Manuel Añorve Baños is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a senator in the 64th and 65th Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the state of Guerrero. He also is a two-time federal deputy and two-time former mayor of Acapulco.
This is a list of events that happened in 2014 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Events in the year 1956 in Mexico.
Events in the year 1958 in Mexico.
This is a list of events that happened in 2015 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Guerrero since 31 December 2022. After the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional nationwide under the Constitution of Mexico on 12 June 2015, officials in Guerrero began announcing plans for a collective group wedding. Governor Rogelio Ortega Martínez submitted a same-sex marriage bill to Congress on 7 July 2015 and instructed civil registrars to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Legislators lamented they would have preferred to have the bill passed before marriages took place, but given the time line presented, it was unlikely. On 10 July 2015, twenty same-sex couples were married by Ortega Martínez in Acapulco.
Guerreros de Acapulco were a Mexican football club that played in the Segunda División Profesional. The club was based in Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero.
Evelyn Cecilia Salgado Pineda is a Mexican politician affiliated with MORENA. Since 15 October 2021, she is Governor of Guerrero. In May 2021, she became the candidate for the governorship of Guerrero for Morena, on 13 June she obtained a majority certificate from the Electoral and Citizen Participation Institute of Guerrero that accredits her as elected governor of the State.
