Atoyac de Álvarez is one of the 81

municipalities of Guerrero Guerrero is a state in Southwest Mexico that is divided into 81 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Guer ...

, in south-western

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The municipal seat lies at

Atoyac de Álvarez Atoyac de Álvarez is a city and seat of the municipality of Atoyac de Álvarez, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico. It was affected by Hurricane Manuel Hurricane Manuel () brought widespread flooding across much of Mexico in Se ...

. The municipality covers an area of .

Geography

Atoyac is located on the Costa Grande of the state of Guerrero, about west of the port of

Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...

, which is the main city of the state. It has an area of . It limits to the north with San Miguel Totolapan,

Ajuchitlán Ajuchitlán is a city and seat of the municipality of Ajuchitlán del Progreso, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North A ...

del Progreso and General Heliodoro Castillo; to the east with

Coyuca de Benítez Coyuca de Benítez is a city and seat of the municipality of Coyuca de Benítez, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of Nort ...

; to the west with Tecpan de Galeana and to the south with

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...

. The extreme coordinates of the municipality are 17 ° 03 '- 18 ° 32' north latitude, and 100 ° 05 '- 100 ° 34' west longitude. In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 58,452.

References

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