Chilpancingo de los Bravo (municipality)

Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Municipality
Chilpancingo de los Bravo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°WCoordinates: 17°11′N 99°29′W / 17.183°N 99.483°W
Country	Mexico
State	Guerrero
Municipal seat	Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Government
• Municipal President	Héctor Astudillo Flores(PRI)
Area
• Total	2,338.4 km^2 (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.

Geography

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]

Towns and villages

The municipality has 114 localities. The largest are as follows:

Locality	Population
Total Municipio	214,219
Chilpancingo de los Bravo	166,796
Petaquillas	7,627
Ocotito	6,212
Mazatlán	4,599
Jaleaca de Catalán	2,578
Palo Blanco	2,288
Julián Blanco	1,956

Administration

Municipal presidents

Municipal president	Period
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

References

1. "Chilpancingo de los Bravo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 23, 2008.