- Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a municipality located on the Pacific coast in the western part of the
Mexican state ofGuerrero . It includes the major resort communities ofZihuatanejo andIxtapa in addition to numerous other towns. At the2005 census it had a population of 104,609 inhabitants. It has an area of 1,921.5 km² (741.9 sq mi). Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its current (2005-2008) municipal president is Silvano Blanco Deaquino.It wsa created on
23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt.José Azueta , a hero of the 1914United States occupation of Veracruz .Major communities
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El Coacoyul
*Ixtapa
*Pantla
*San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo)
*Zihuatanejo References
* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guerrero Guerrero] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MéxicoExternal links
* [http://www.ixtapa-zihuatanejo.gob.mx/ Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta] Official website
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