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Chilpancingo

 

City (pop., 2000: 142,746 136,000), capital of Guerrero state, southern Mexico. Located in the Sierra Madre del Sur, it was founded in 1591 and gained prominence as the site of the first Mexican congress, convoked in 1813. Battles were fought there in both the war for independence from Spain and in the Mexican Revolution. It is an agricultural centre for the surrounding region.

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Chilpancingo (chēl'pänsēng') or Chilpancingo de los Bravos (chēl'pänsēng'gō THā lōs brä'vōs), city (1990 pop. 97,165), capital of Guerrero state, S Mexico. Chilpancingo serves as the regional center of agricultural industry, producing primarily corn and bananas. Its full name, Chilpancingo de los Bravos, is in honor of its heroes in the war against Spain-three brothers, of whom Nicolás Bravo was most prominent. During the war, the Congress of Chilpancingo, convened in 1813 by Morelos y Pavón, briefly established a constitutional republic based on the reforms of Hidalgo y Costilla.


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Chilpancingo
Chilpancingo is located in Mexico
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Chilpancingo
Coordinates: 17°33′N 99°30′W / 17.55°N 99.5°W / 17.55; -99.5Coordinates: 17°33′N 99°30′W / 17.55°N 99.5°W / 17.55; -99.5
Country Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipality Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Founded November 1, 1591
Government
 - Mayor Héctor Astudillo Flores
(2009-2012, PRI)
Area
 - Municipality 2,338.4 km2 (902.86 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 166,796
 - Municipality 214,219
 - Demonym Chilpancingueño
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
Postal code 39000
Area code(s) 747
Website www.chilpancingo.gob.mx

Chilpancingo (formally Chilpancingo de los Bravo), also known as Ciudad Bravo, is the capital, and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located at 17°33′0″N 99°30′0″W / 17.55°N 99.5°W / 17.55; -99.5. In the 2005 census the population of the city of Chilpancingo was 166,796. Its surrounding municipality, of which it is municipal seat, had a population of 214,219 persons. The municipality has an area of 2,338.4 km² (902.86 sq miles) located in the south-central part of the state.

The city is located on Federal Highway 95 which connects Acapulco to Mexico City.

Chilpancingo is where the National Congress met in 1813 to discuss Mexico's future as an independent nation.

On April 27, 2009 an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 was centered near Chilpancingo.

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