Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality)

Tixtla de Guerrero is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tixtla de Guerrero. The municipality covers an area of 290 km².

Tixtla de Guerrero
Municipality
Municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in Guerrero
Tixtla de Guerrero Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°20′N 99°15′W
Country	Mexico
State	Guerrero
Municipal seat	Tixtla de Guerrero
Area
• Total	290 km^2 (110 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	37,300

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,300.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

In 2005, the INEGI registered 37 localities in the municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero, these are the largest:

Locality	Population
Total Population	37,300
Tixtla	21,720
Atliaca	7,439
Zoquiapa	1,512
Almolonga	1,220
El Durazno	1,095
Zacatzonapa	796
Chilacachapa	481

Administration

Municipal presidents

Municipal President	Period
Albino López Catalán	(1969-1971)
Hermenegildo Rodríguez Hernández	(1972-1974)
Vicente Astudillo Alcaraz	(1975-1977)
Román Catalán Bervera	(1978-1980)
Pascual Póctzin Martínez	(1981-1983)
Timoteo Valle Alcaraz	(1984-1986)
Julia Jiménez Alarcón	(1987-1989)
Hugo Cesáreo Astudillo Bello	(1990-1993)
Edelmira Hernández Alcaraz	(1993-1996)
J. Jesús Pastenes Hernández	(1996-1999)
Jorge Vargas Alcaraz	(1999-2002)
Edgardo Astudillo Morales	(2002-2005)
Rogelio Nava Peralta	(2005-2008)
Jorge Luis Campos Espíritu	(2009-2012) Actual Presidente Electo

References

1. "Tixtla de Guerrero". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 23, 2008.