Guerrero is a state in Southwest Mexico that is divided into 85 municipalities.[1][2] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with 3,540,685 inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning 63,803.42 square kilometres (24,634.64 sq mi).[1][3]
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Municipalities in Guerrero are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution.[4] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting 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).[5] 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.[6] 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.[6]
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.[1] The largest municipality by land area is Coyuca de Catalán which spans 3,368.20 km2 (1,300.47 sq mi), and the smallest is Alpoyeca which spans 94.18 km2 (36.36 sq mi).[3]
Municipalities
- Largest municipalities in Guerrero by population
Acapulco, Guerrero's largest municipality by population
Chilpancingo, Guerrero's capital and second-largest municipality
Iguala, third largest municipality in Guerrero
Zihuatanejo, Guerrero's fourth largest municipality
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| Name | Municipal seat | Population (2020)[1] | Population (2010)[7] | Change | Land area[3] | Population density (2020) | Incorporation date[8][a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | |||||||
| Acapulco | Acapulco de Juárez | 779,566 | 789,971 | −1.3% | 1,733.61 | 669.35 | 449.7/km2 (1,164.7/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 |
| Acatepec | Acatepec | 40,197 | 32,792 | +22.6% | 632.85 | 244.35 | 63.5/km2 (164.5/sq mi) | March 23, 1993 |
| Ahuacuotzingo | Ahuacuotzingo | 25,205 | 25,027 | +0.7% | 874.14 | 337.51 | 28.8/km2 (74.7/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Ajuchitlán | Ajuchitlán del Progreso | 37,655 | 38,203 | −1.4% | 2,000.88 | 772.55 | 18.8/km2 (48.7/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Alcozauca | Alcozauca de Guerrero | 21,225 | 18,971 | +11.9% | 471.45 | 182.03 | 45.0/km2 (116.6/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Alpoyeca | Alpoyeca | 7,813 | 6,637 | +17.7% | 94.18 | 36.36 | 83.0/km2 (214.9/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Apaxtla | Apaxtla de Castrejón | 11,112 | 12,389 | −10.3% | 628.88 | 242.81 | 17.7/km2 (45.8/sq mi) | April 30, 1924 |
| Arcelia[b] | Arcelia | 33,267 | 32,181 | +3.4% | 756.47 | 292.07 | 44.0/km2 (113.9/sq mi) | March 23, 1861 |
| Atenango del Río | Atenango del Río | 9,147 | 8,390 | +9.0% | 559.76 | 216.12 | 16.3/km2 (42.3/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Atlamajalcingo del Monte | Atlamajalcingo del Monte | 5,811 | 5,706 | +1.8% | 147.00 | 56.76 | 39.5/km2 (102.4/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Atlixtac | Atlixtac | 28,491 | 26,341 | +8.2% | 575.33 | 222.14 | 49.5/km2 (128.3/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Atoyac | Atoyac de Álvarez | 60,680 | 61,316 | −1.0% | 1,454.17 | 561.46 | 41.7/km2 (108.1/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| Ayutla[c] | Ayutla de los Libres | 69,123 | 62,690 | +10.3% | 1,055.26 | 407.44 | 65.5/km2 (169.7/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Azoyú | Azoyú | 15,099 | 14,429 | +4.6% | 397.31 | 153.40 | 38.0/km2 (98.4/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Benito Juárez | San Jerónimo de Juárez | 15,442 | 15,019 | +2.8% | 230.71 | 89.08 | 66.9/km2 (173.4/sq mi) | January 1, 1934 |
| Buenavista | Buenavista de Cuéllar | 12,982 | 12,688 | +2.3% | 304.93 | 117.73 | 42.6/km2 (110.3/sq mi) | January 17, 1934 |
| Chilapa | Chilapa de Álvarez | 123,722 | 120,790 | +2.4% | 752.17 | 290.42 | 164.5/km2 (426.0/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 |
| Chilpancingo de los Bravo† | Chilpancingo de los Bravo | 283,354 | 241,717 | +17.2% | 2,187.80 | 844.72 | 129.5/km2 (335.4/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Coahuayutla de José María Izazaga | Coahuayutla de Guerrero | 12,408 | 13,025 | −4.7% | 2,653.49 | 1,024.52 | 4.7/km2 (12.1/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| Cochoapa el Grande | Cochoapa el Grande | 21,241 | 18,778 | +13.1% | 622.64 | 240.40 | 34.1/km2 (88.4/sq mi) | January 29, 1947 |
| Cocula | Cocula | 15,579 | 14,707 | +5.9% | 446.83 | 172.52 | 34.9/km2 (90.3/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| Copala | Copala | 14,463 | 13,636 | +6.1% | 297.57 | 114.89 | 48.6/km2 (125.9/sq mi) | October 6, 1869 |
| Copalillo | Copalillo | 15,598 | 14,456 | +7.9% | 734.84 | 283.72 | 21.2/km2 (55.0/sq mi) | December 10, 1875 |
| Copanatoyac | Copanatoyac | 21,648 | 18,855 | +14.8% | 307.63 | 118.78 | 70.4/km2 (182.3/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| Coyuca de Benítez | Coyuca de Benítez | 73,056 | 73,460 | −0.5% | 1,816.84 | 701.48 | 40.2/km2 (104.1/sq mi) | May 4, 1876 |
| Coyuca de Catalán | Coyuca de Catalán | 38,554 | 42,069 | −8.4% | 3,368.20 | 1,300.47 | 11.4/km2 (29.6/sq mi) | December 10, 1831 |
| Cuajinicuilapa[d] | Cuajinicuilapa | 26,627 | 25,922 | +2.7% | 633.77 | 244.70 | 42.0/km2 (108.8/sq mi) | April 1, 1852 |
| Cualac | Cualac | 7,874 | 7,007 | +12.4% | 239.99 | 92.66 | 32.8/km2 (85.0/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Cuautepec | Cuautepec | 17,024 | 15,115 | +12.6% | 315.04 | 121.64 | 54.0/km2 (140.0/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Cuetzala del Progreso | Cuetzala del Progreso | 8,272 | 9,166 | −9.8% | 374.21 | 144.48 | 22.1/km2 (57.3/sq mi) | May 11, 1874 |
| Cutzamala | Cutzamala de Pinzón | 20,537 | 21,388 | −4.0% | 1,339.79 | 517.30 | 15.3/km2 (39.7/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Eduardo Neri[e] | Zumpango del Río | 53,126 | 46,158 | +15.1% | 1,253.31 | 483.91 | 42.4/km2 (109.8/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Florencio Villarreal[f] | Cruz Grande | 22,250 | 20,175 | +10.3% | 285.34 | 110.17 | 78.0/km2 (202.0/sq mi) | March 10, 1885 |
| General Canuto A. Neri | Acapetlahuaya | 6,278 | 6,301 | −0.4% | 260.87 | 100.72 | 24.1/km2 (62.3/sq mi) | December 30, 1953 |
| General Heliodoro Castillo[g] | Tlacotepec | 37,254 | 36,586 | +1.8% | 1,732.33 | 668.86 | 21.5/km2 (55.7/sq mi) | March 15, 1850 |
| Huamuxtitlán | Huamuxtitlán | 17,488 | 14,393 | +21.5% | 275.81 | 106.49 | 63.4/km2 (164.2/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Huitzuco | Huitzuco de los Figueroa | 36,593 | 37,364 | −2.1% | 1,331.81 | 514.22 | 27.5/km2 (71.2/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Iguala | Iguala de la Independencia | 154,173 | 140,363 | +9.8% | 572.50 | 221.04 | 269.3/km2 (697.5/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Igualapa | Igualapa | 11,739 | 10,815 | +8.5% | 195.78 | 75.59 | 60.0/km2 (155.3/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Iliatenco | Iliatenco | 11,679 | 10,522 | +11.0% | 241.06 | 93.07 | 48.4/km2 (125.5/sq mi) | November 25, 2005[10] |
| Ixcateopan | Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc | 6,138 | 6,603 | −7.0% | 212.77 | 82.15 | 28.8/km2 (74.7/sq mi) | 1826 |
| José Joaquín de Herrera | Hueycantenango | 18,381 | 15,678 | +17.2% | 132.41 | 51.12 | 138.8/km2 (359.5/sq mi) | November 10, 2002 |
| Juan R. Escudero | Tierra Colorada | 26,093 | 24,364 | +7.1% | 410.16 | 158.36 | 63.6/km2 (164.8/sq mi) | December 26, 1953 |
| Juchitán | Juchitán | 7,559 | 7,166 | +5.5% | 254.64 | 98.32 | 29.7/km2 (76.9/sq mi) | March 5, 2004 |
| Las Vigas[h] | Las Vigas | — | — | — | — | — | — | August 31, 2021 |
| La Unión de Isidoro Montes de Oca[i] | La Unión | 26,349 | 25,712 | +2.5% | 1,765.85 | 681.80 | 14.9/km2 (38.6/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 |
| Leonardo Bravo | Chichihualco | 26,357 | 24,720 | +6.6% | 723.04 | 279.17 | 36.5/km2 (94.4/sq mi) | May 16, 1908 |
| Malinaltepec[j] | Malinaltepec | 29,625 | 29,599 | +0.1% | 474.49 | 183.20 | 62.4/km2 (161.7/sq mi) | May 31, 1870 |
| Marquelia | Marquelia | 14,280 | 12,912 | +10.6% | 211.45 | 81.64 | 67.5/km2 (174.9/sq mi) | June 15, 2002 |
| Mártir de Cuilapán[k] | Apango | 18,613 | 17,702 | +5.1% | 617.32 | 238.35 | 30.2/km2 (78.1/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Metlatónoc | Metlatónoc | 18,859 | 18,976 | −0.6% | 603.60 | 233.05 | 31.2/km2 (80.9/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Mochitlán | Mochitlán | 12,402 | 11,376 | +9.0% | 514.27 | 198.56 | 24.1/km2 (62.5/sq mi) | April 2, 1852 |
| Ñuu Savi[l] | Coapinola | — | — | — | — | — | — | August 31, 2021 |
| Olinalá | Olinalá | 28,446 | 24,723 | +15.1% | 709.19 | 273.82 | 40.1/km2 (103.9/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Ometepec | Ometepec | 68,207 | 61,306 | +11.3% | 604.68 | 233.47 | 112.8/km2 (292.1/sq mi) | March 20, 1824 |
| Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras | Ixcapuzalco | 7,076 | 6,978 | +1.4% | 295.15 | 113.96 | 24.0/km2 (62.1/sq mi) | November 28, 1890 |
| Petatlán | Petatlán | 44,583 | 44,979 | −0.9% | 1,978.09 | 763.74 | 22.5/km2 (58.4/sq mi) | April 1, 1870 |
| Pilcaya | Pilcaya | 12,753 | 11,558 | +10.3% | 162.79 | 62.85 | 78.3/km2 (202.9/sq mi) | December 10, 1931 |
| Pungarabato | Ciudad Altamirano | 38,482 | 37,035 | +3.9% | 126.72 | 48.93 | 303.7/km2 (786.5/sq mi) | December 10, 1831 |
| Quechultenango | Quechultenango | 36,143 | 34,728 | +4.1% | 848.28 | 327.52 | 42.6/km2 (110.4/sq mi) | 1826 |
| San Luis Acatlán | San Luis Acatlán | 46,270 | 42,360 | +9.2% | 1,101.36 | 425.24 | 42.0/km2 (108.8/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| San Marcos[m] | San Marcos | 50,124 | 48,501 | +3.3% | 1,160.38 | 448.03 | 43.2/km2 (111.9/sq mi) | 1826 |
| San Miguel Totolapan | San Miguel Totolapan | 24,139 | 28,009 | −13.8% | 2,378.57 | 918.37 | 10.1/km2 (26.3/sq mi) | June 23, 1871 |
| San Nicolás[n] | San Nicolás | — | — | — | — | — | — | August 31, 2021 |
| Santa Cruz del Rincón[o] | Santa Cruz del Rincón | — | — | — | — | — | — | August 31, 2021 |
| Taxco | Taxco de Alarcón | 105,586 | 104,053 | +1.5% | 652.73 | 252.02 | 161.8/km2 (419.0/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 |
| Tecoanapa | Tecoanapa | 46,063 | 44,079 | +4.5% | 699.86 | 270.22 | 65.8/km2 (170.5/sq mi) | July 3, 1874 |
| Tecpan | Tecpan de Galeana | 65,237 | 62,071 | +5.1% | 2,854.47 | 1,102.12 | 22.9/km2 (59.2/sq mi) | October 13, 1811 |
| Teloloapan | Teloloapan | 53,817 | 53,769 | +0.1% | 1,012.59 | 390.96 | 53.1/km2 (137.7/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Tepecoacuilco de Trujano | Tepecoacuilco de Trujano | 30,806 | 30,470 | +1.1% | 855.63 | 330.36 | 36.0/km2 (93.3/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Tetipac | Tetipac | 13,552 | 13,128 | +3.2% | 218.48 | 84.36 | 62.0/km2 (160.7/sq mi) | July 1, 1872 |
| Tixtla | Tixtla de Guerrero | 43,171 | 40,058 | +7.8% | 389.90 | 150.54 | 110.7/km2 (286.8/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 |
| Tlacoachistlahuaca | Tlacoachistlahuaca | 22,781 | 21,306 | +6.9% | 805.48 | 311.00 | 28.3/km2 (73.3/sq mi) | May 11, 1872 |
| Tlacoapa[p] | Tlacoapa | 10,092 | 9,967 | +1.3% | 280.90 | 108.45 | 35.9/km2 (93.1/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Tlalchapa | Tlalchapa | 11,681 | 11,495 | +1.6% | 473.52 | 182.83 | 24.7/km2 (63.9/sq mi) | October 20, 1851 |
| Tlalixtaquilla | Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado | 7,602 | 7,096 | +7.1% | 117.83 | 45.50 | 64.5/km2 (167.1/sq mi) | December 13, 1944 |
| Tlapa | Tlapa de Comonfort | 96,125 | 81,419 | +18.1% | 611.02 | 235.91 | 157.3/km2 (407.5/sq mi) | March 20, 1824 |
| Tlapehuala | Tlapehuala | 22,209 | 21,819 | +1.8% | 285.60 | 110.27 | 77.8/km2 (201.4/sq mi) | November 5, 1947 |
| Xalpatlahuac | Xalpatlahuac | 11,966 | 12,240 | −2.2% | 227.38 | 87.79 | 52.6/km2 (136.3/sq mi) | November 29, 1880 |
| Xochihuehuetlan | Xochihuehuetlan | 7,862 | 7,079 | +11.1% | 262.46 | 101.33 | 30.0/km2 (77.6/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Xochistlahuaca | Xochistlahuaca | 29,891 | 28,089 | +6.4% | 454.74 | 175.58 | 65.7/km2 (170.2/sq mi) | May 27, 1837 |
| Zapotitlán Tablas | Zapotitlán Tablas | 12,004 | 10,516 | +14.1% | 229.11 | 88.46 | 52.4/km2 (135.7/sq mi) | March 25, 1870 |
| Zihuatanejo de Azueta[q] | Zihuatanejo | 124,824 | 118,211 | +5.6% | 1,472.67 | 568.60 | 84.8/km2 (219.5/sq mi) | December 23, 1953 |
| Zirándaro | Zirándaro de los Chávez | 18,031 | 18,813 | −4.2% | 2,151.64 | 830.75 | 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) | December 10, 1831 |
| Zitlala | Zitlala | 21,977 | 22,587 | −2.7% | 305.66 | 118.02 | 71.9/km2 (186.2/sq mi) | 1826 |
| Guerrero | — | 3,540,685 | 3,388,768 | +4.5% | 63,803.42 | 24,634.64 | 55.5/km2 (143.7/sq mi) | — |
| Mexico | — | 126,014,024 | 112,336,538 | +12.2% | 1,960,646.7 | 757,010 | 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) | — |
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