Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality)

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 km2 (110 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	37,300

Tixtla de Guerrero (Spanish: [ˈtiɣstla ðe ɣeˈreɾo], Nahuatl: [ˈtiʃt͡ɬa]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Tixtla de Guerrero. The municipality covers an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi).

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

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