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Chilpancingo

Chilpancingo

Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; Spanish pronunciation:; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco (pronounced)) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of 2,338.4 km (902.9 sq mi) in the south-central part of the state, situated in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, on the bank of the . The city is on Federal Highway 95, which connects Acapulco to Mexico City. It is served by Chilpancingo National Airport, which is one of the five airports in the state.