Chilapa de Álvarez (municipality)
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  Chilapa de Álvarez Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 17°19′N 98°58′W / 17.317°N 98.967°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipal seat | Chilapa de Álvarez |
| Area | |
• Total | 566.8 km2 (218.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 105,146 |
Chilapa de Álvarez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Chilapa de Álvarez. The municipality covers an area of 566.8 km².
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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "3-pronged force launched to bring peace to Chilapa, Guerrero". Mexico News Daily. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Guerrero town under siege for two weeks by presumed gangsters". Mexico News Daily. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Pacheco Pólito, Anarsis. "Chilapa Guerrero: 2 Pueblos Held Hostage by 200 Gunmen". Borderland Beat. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Rincón de Chautla". SIPAZ. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Violencia paraliza Chilapa, Guerrero; al menos 14 muertos". aristeguinoticias.com. 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "In the cartel battleground that is Chilapa, there's no end to the violence". Mexico News Daily. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Mexican town besieged by rival gangs, as police and army stand aside". Los Angeles Times. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Guerrero: ejecutan al secretario de Obras de Chilapa, su chofer y un escolta". aristeguinoticias.com. 2016-08-16. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Familias denuncian que músicos indígenas asesinados en Chilapa fueron torturados y decapitados". SDPnoticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Sipse, Redacción (2015-05-27). "Investigan a 16 comisarios involucrados en las desapariciones". sipse.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Mexican mothers mark their day pining for missing children". Reuters. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Ruthless cartel violence drives a wave of Mexican asylum seekers. This family lost a son and fled". www.desertsun.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Chilapa podría ser de las ciudades más peligrosas del mundo'". sipse.com (in Spanish). 2015-05-27. Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alcozacán, Guerrero: la comunidad de pueblos nahuas que se resiste al crimen". Animal Político (in Spanish). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Alcozacán (Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Zelocotitlán (Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero) Mexico". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ "Towns of Chilapa de Álvarez (Guerrero, Mexico)". mexico.PueblosAmerica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
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