Zihuatanejo De Azueta
Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It includes the major resort communities of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa in addition to numerous other towns. In 2010 it had a population of 118,211 inhabitants. It has an area of 1468 km² (567 sq mi). Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its municipal president for the 2005-08 period was Silvano Blanco Deaquino.
History
It was created on 23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt. José Azueta, a hero of the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz. It formally changed its name from "municipality of José Azueta" to "municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta" on 6 May 2008.
Major communities
See also
References
- ^ "Descarga de Base de Datos (Poblacion)". Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal (SNIM) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (INAFED). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Brief description of the City & Municipality Government:". Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Guerrero Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Media related to Zihuatanejo de Azueta Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Spanish) Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta official website
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