Chilapa de Álvarez (municipality)

Chilapa de Álvarez is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Chilapa de Álvarez. The municipality covers an area of 566.8 km².

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

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
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  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. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  4. "Rincón de Chautla". SIPAZ. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  5. "Violencia paraliza Chilapa, Guerrero; al menos 14 muertos". aristeguinoticias.com. 2014-07-11. 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. 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). 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. 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". Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  20. "Towns of Chilapa de Álvarez (Guerrero, Mexico)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.


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