Guerrero in Mexico (location map scheme)

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 ...

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that is divided into 81

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. According to the 2020 Mexican

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, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Guerrero are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917

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. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

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system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population in Guerrero is Acapulco, with 779,566 residents, and the smallest municipality is Atlamajalcingo del Monte with 5,811 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Coyuca de Catalán which spans , and the smallest is Alpoyeca which spans .

Municipalities

File:Saltadores_de_La_Quebrada_en_Acapulco.jpg, alt=La Quebrada, Acapulco, Acapulco, Guerrero's largest municipality by population. File:La_Asunción_de_María,_Chilpancingo,_Guerrero_(24830775581).jpg, alt=Town square in Chilpancingo,

Chilpancingo Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; ; Nahuatl: Chilpantsinko) is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of in ...

, capital and second-largest municipality. File:Iguala,_Guerrero_(32450079694).jpg, alt=Monumental Flag, Iguala, Iguala, third largest municipality. File:Playa_"La_ropa"-zihuatanejo-Guerrero-México._-_panoramio.jpg, alt=Playa La Ropa, Zihuatanejo,

Zihuatanejo Zihuatanejo (), or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was known by 18th century English mariners as Chequetan or Seguataneo. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azue ...

, fourth largest municipality.

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