Coordinates: 17°19′N 98°58′W / 17.317°N 98.967°W / 17.317; -98.967

Chilapa de Álvarez (municipality)

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Chilapa de Álvarez
Municipality
Chilapa de Álvarez is located in Mexico
Chilapa de Álvarez
Chilapa de Álvarez
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°19′N 98°58′W / 17.317°N 98.967°W / 17.317; -98.967
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatChilapa de Álvarez
Area
 • Total566.8 km2 (218.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total105,146

Chilapa de Álvarez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Chilapa de Álvarez. The municipality covers an area of 566.8 km².

The municipality has been heavily impacted by violence,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and its municipal seat has been called "one of the deadliest towns" in Guerrero.[12][13][14]

Demographics

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 105,146.[15]

The year 2000 census counted 102,853 persons in the municipality.

Towns and villages

References

  1. ^ "3-pronged force launched to bring peace to Chilapa, Guerrero". Mexico News Daily. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. ^ "Guerrero town under siege for two weeks by presumed gangsters". Mexico News Daily. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. ^ Pacheco Pólito, Anarsis. "Chilapa Guerrero: 2 Pueblos Held Hostage by 200 Gunmen". Borderland Beat. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. ^ "Rincón de Chautla". SIPAZ. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  5. ^ "Violencia paraliza Chilapa, Guerrero; al menos 14 muertos". aristeguinoticias.com. 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ^ "In the cartel battleground that is Chilapa, there's no end to the violence". Mexico News Daily. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  7. ^ "Mexican town besieged by rival gangs, as police and army stand aside". Los Angeles Times. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  8. ^ "Guerrero: ejecutan al secretario de Obras de Chilapa, su chofer y un escolta". aristeguinoticias.com. 2016-08-16. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  9. ^ "Libera la CRAC a secretario de Seguridad Pública de Chilapa, seis policías y seis civiles, tras 48 horas retenidos". Informativo Noticias Guerrero (in Spanish). 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  10. ^ "Familias denuncian que músicos indígenas asesinados en Chilapa fueron torturados y decapitados". SDPnoticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  11. ^ Sipse, Redacción (2015-05-27). "Investigan a 16 comisarios involucrados en las desapariciones". sipse.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  12. ^ "Mexican mothers mark their day pining for missing children". Reuters. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  13. ^ "Ruthless cartel violence drives a wave of Mexican asylum seekers. This family lost a son and fled". www.desertsun.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  14. ^ "Chilapa podría ser de las ciudades más peligrosas del mundo'". sipse.com (in Spanish). 2015-05-27. Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  15. ^ "Chilapa de Álvarez". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  16. ^ "Alcozacán, Guerrero: la comunidad de pueblos nahuas que se resiste al crimen". Animal Político (in Spanish). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  17. ^ "Alcozacán (Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  18. ^ Lakhani, Nina (2018-08-29). "The medics braving drug wars to treat people in Mexico's brutal Guerrero". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  19. ^ "Zelocotitlán (Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero) Mexico". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  20. ^ "Towns of Chilapa de Álvarez (Guerrero, Mexico)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
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