Vicente Guerrero is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and seat of the
municipality of Guerrero, in the northern
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
**Chihuahua Mun ...
. As of 2010, the town had a population of 7,751,
up from 6,536 as of 2005.
[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. ''Principales resultados por localidad 2005'' (ITER). Retrieved on October 13, 2008]
It was the location of the March 1916
Battle of Guerrero
The Battle of Guerrero, or the Battle of San Geronimo, in March 1916, was the first military engagement between the rebels of Pancho Villa and the United States during the Mexican Expedition. After a long ride, elements of the American 7th Caval ...
.
References
Populated places in Chihuahua (state)
{{Chihuahua