Ayutla de los Libres (municipality)
Ayutla de los Libres (Mixtec: Tatioo[1]) is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ayutla de los Libres. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km².
Ayutla de los Libres | |
|---|---|
 Municipality of Ayutla de los Libres in Guerrero | |
  Ayutla de los Libres Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°46′N 98°56′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipal seat | Ayutla de los Libres |
| Area | |
| • Total | 735.4 km2 (283.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 60,690 |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 60,690, up from 55,954 as of 2005.[2]
Name
The name "Ayutla" comes from Nahuatl Ayotlan meaning "near the (place of abundance of) tortoises/turtles".[1] The sobriquet "de los Libres" ("of the Free") was added after 1854, because the town was the place where the Ayutla Revolution started on March 1, 1854, and where the Ayutla Plan was announced.[1]
References
- "La Jornada Guerrero, SALOMÓN GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ, Ayutla de los Libres, ayer y hoy (English: Ayutla de los Libres, then and now), March 1, 2009". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- "Ayutla de los Libres". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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