Zihuatanejo de Azueta

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Zihuatanejo de Azueta
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Municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in Guerrero
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Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°40′0″N101°34′0″W / 17.66667°N 101.56667°W / 17.66667; -101.56667
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipal seat Zihuatanejo
Municipality created23 December 1953
Area
  Total
1,468 km2 (567 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
126,000 [1]
Website https://zihuatanejodeazueta.gob.mx/

Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It includes the major resort communities of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa in addition to numerous other towns. In 2010 it had a population of 118,211 inhabitants. It has an area of 1468 km² (567 sq mi). [2] Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its municipal president for the 2005-08 period was Silvano Blanco Deaquino.

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History

It was created on 23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt. José Azueta, a hero of the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz. It formally changed its name from "municipality of José Azueta" to "municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta" on 6 May 2008. [3]

Major communities

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References

  1. https://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/Gro/Poblacion/default.aspx
  2. "Descarga de Base de Datos (Poblacion)". Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal (SNIM) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (INAFED). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "Brief description of the City & Municipality Government:". Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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