Place:Guerrero, Mexico

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NameGuerrero
TypeState
Coordinates17.667°N 100°W
Located inMexico
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Acapulco ( 1531 - )
Ahuacuotzingo
Ajuchitlán del Progreso
Apango
Apaxtla de Castrejón
Apipilulco
Arcelia
Arroyo Frío
Atenango del Río
Atoyac de Alvarez
Ayutla de los Libres
Azoyú
Bajos del Balsamar
Buenavista de Cuéllar
Campo Morado
Chichihualco
Chilacachapa
Chilapa de Alvarez
Chilpancingo de los Bravos ( 1591 - )
Ciudad Altamirano
Coahuayutla de Guerrero
Cocula
Colmeneros
Colotlipa
Copala
Copalillo
Copanatoyac
Coyuca de Benítez
Coyuca de Catalán
Cozoyoapan
Cruz Grande
Cuajinicuilapa
Cuetzalá del Progreso
Cutzamala de Pinzón
Dos Arroyos
El Coacoyul
El Limón
El Paraíso
El Platanillo
El Quemado
Guayameo
Guerrero
Huajintepec
Huamuxtitlán
Huistepec
Huitzuco de los Figueroa
Iguala ( 1750 - )
Iliatenco
Jalapa
Jalea de Catalán
La Estancia
La Palma
La Parota
La Salada
La Unión
Las Mesas
Los Placeres
Malinaltepec
Metlatonoc
Mexcala
Mochitlán
Morelos
Nueva Cuadrilla
Olinalá
Ometepec
Papanoa
Petatlán
Pueblo Viejo
Quechultenango
Río Balsas
San Agustín Oapan
San Jerónimo de Juárez
San Luis Acatlán
San Luis de la Loma
San Marcos
San Miguel Totolapan
San Nicolás
Taxco
Tecpan de Galeana
Teloloapán
Temalacacingo
Tenexpa
Teocuitlapa
Tepecoacuilco de Trujano
Tepetixtla
Tepozonalquillo
Tierra Colorada
Tixtla
Tlacoapa
Tlacotepec
Tlalchapa
Tlalcozotitlán
Tlalixtaquilla
Tlapa
Tlapehuala
Tlaxmalac
Xalpatláhuac
Xaltianguis
Xochicalco
Xochipala
Xochistlahuaca
Zapotitlán Tablas
Zicapa
Zihuatanejo
Zirándaro
Zitlala
Zumpango del Río
Unknown
Acamixtla
Acapetlahuaya
Alahuixtlán
Alarcón
Alcozauca de Guerrero
Alcozauca
Aldama
Allende
Alpoyeca
Alvarez
Apaxtla
Atlamajalcingo del Monte
Atlixtac
Bravos
Cacalotenango
Chiepetlán
Ciudad Huitzuco
Coahuayutla
Coatepec Costales
Cualác
Cuautepec
Cuetzala
El Rincón
Galeana
Hidalgo
Hueycantenango
Huixtac
Igualapa
Ixcapuzalco
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc
Ixcateopan
Ixcatepec
Juan R. Escudero
La Sabana
Leonardo Bravo
Mina
Montes de Oca
Mártir de Cuilapan
Nanchititla
Noxtepec
Oapan
Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras
Pilcaya
Pungarabato
San Vicente Zoyatlán
Tabarez
Tecapulco
Temalac
Temixco
Tenango Tepexi
Teocalcingo
Tepecoacuilco
Tetipac
Tlacoachistlahuaca
Tlapa de Comonfort
Totoltepec
Tuliman
Xochihuehuetlán
Zaragoza
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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 in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulco. It is located in Southwestern Mexico. It 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, the state's largest cities include Acapulco, Petatlán, Ciudad Altamirano, Taxco, Iguala, Ixtapa, Zihuatanejo, and Santo Domingo. 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.

The state was named after Vicente Guerrero, one of the most prominent leaders in the Mexican War of Independence and the second President of Mexico. It is the only Mexican state named after a president. The modern entity did not exist until 1849, when it was carved out of territories from the states of Mexico, Puebla, and Michoacán.

Geographically, the state is mountainous and rugged with flat areas limited to small mesas and the Pacific coastline. This coastline has been important economically for the area, first as the port of Acapulco in colonial and post-Independence era and today for the tourist destinations of Acapulco, Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa. Tourism is the single most important economic factor of the state and Acapulco's tourism is important to the nation's economy as a whole. However, other sources of employment are scarce in the state, which has caused its ranking as number one in the emigration of workers to the United States.

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