huitzuco de los figueroa one of the 81 municipalities of the state of Guerrero

huitzuco de los figueroa

There are different versions about the meaning of the word Huitzuco, Dr. Gutierrez Tibón says comes from the Nahuatl words Huitzilizo: Thorns, and the locative co, so that together are interpreted as "Place of Thorns", because their land were covered with acacia.

The municipality was established in 1850 with jurisdiction identical to the old City Hall Tlaxmalac and was one of the 38 municipalities that were formed to build the state.

Huitzuco of Figueroa is one of the 81 municipalities of the state of Guerrero, Mexico.Part of the northern region of the state and its county seat is the City of Huitzuco.

The municipal seat of the Figueroa Huitzuco is located north of the state capital to 117 miles away, the town is nestled in the North, on Federal Highway Chilpancingo, Iguala-Atenango River, between coordinates 18 29 'and 17 ° 37' north latitude and 99 ° 05 'west longitude meridian relative to Greenwch.

Bordered on the north by the municipality of Buenavista de Cuellar and the state of Morelos, south with the municipalities and Zitlala Cuilapan Martyr, on the east by the municipalities of Rio Atenango, Copalillo and the state of Puebla and west with the municipalities Equalization and Tepecoacuilco. It is situated at 768 meters above sea level.

Location: Located in the Upstate region, north of Chilpancingo, between latitudes 17 ° 52 '48''and 18 ° 29' 07''north latitude and 99 ° 02 '32''and 99 ° 28 '23''west longitude. It has a land area of 1330 km2, which represents 2.09% of the land area of the state. Their adjacencies are: the north Buenavista de Cuellar and the state of Morelos, south of Martyr Cuilapan, east to Puebla, Morelos, and Copalillo Atenango River, and west by Tepecoacuilco, Iguala and Buenavista de Cuellar. Its county seat, Huitzuco, is located 130 km from state capital and has an altitude of 960 meters

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