Florencio Villarreal is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Guerrero
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 Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...
. The municipal seat lies at
Cruz Grande
Cruz Grande is a city and seat of the municipality of Florencio Villarreal, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico
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. The municipality covers an area of 372.9 km
2. It is named after Col. Florencio Villarreal, who drafted the 1854
Plan of Ayutla
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...
that ousted the conservative dictator
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),Callcott, Wilfred H., "Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez De,''Handbook of Texas Online'' Retrieved 18 April 2017. usually known as Santa Ann ...
. Ousting Santa Anna initiated a new era in Mexican politics with the liberals in charge, known as
La Reforma
''La Reforma'' ( en, The Reform), refers to a pivotal set of laws, including a new constitution, that were enacted in Mexico during the 1850s after the Plan of Ayutla overthrew the dictatorship of Santa Anna. They were intended as modernizing m ...
. Leaders in Guerrero took the lead in rebelling against Santa Anna's government.
In 2005, the municipality had a total population of 18,713.
References
Municipalities of Guerrero
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