Atoyac de Álvarez is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the Mexican state of

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

. 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, southern Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in L ...

. 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 ( , ; ), is a city and Port of Acapulco, major seaport in the Political divisions of Mexico, state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Located on a deep, semicirc ...

, which is the main city of the state. It has an area of . It limits to the north with San Miguel Totolapan, Ajuchitlán del Progreso and General Heliodoro Castillo; to the east with Coyuca de Benítez; to the west with Tecpan de Galeana and to the south with Benito Juárez. The extreme coordinates of the municipality are 17 ° 03 '- 18 ° 32' north latitude, and 100 ° 05 '- 100 ° 34' west longitude. In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 60,680, up from 58,452 in 2005.

References

Municipalities of Guerrero {{Guerrero-geo-stub