'Chilpancingo' (formally: 'Chilpancingo de los Bravo') a.k.a. 'Ciudad Bravo' is the capital and second-largest city of the
state of
Guerrero,
Mexico. It is located at . In the 2005 census the population of the city of Chilpancingo was 166,796. Its surrounding
municipality, of which it is municipal seat, had a population of 214,219 persons. The municipality has an area of 2,338.4 km² (902.86 sq mi) located in the south-central part of the state.
The city lies on Federal Highway 95 which connects
Acapulco to
Mexico City.
Chilpancingo is where the
National Congress met in
1813 to discuss Mexico's future as an independent nation.
References
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Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
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Guerrero Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External link
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Ayuntamiento de Chilpancingo de los Bravo Official website