Chilpancingo de los Bravo
Also known as Chilpancingo de Bravo, Chilpancingo
Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; ; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco ()) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of in the south-central part of the state, situated in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, on the bank of the Huacapa River. The city is on Federal Highway 95, which connects Acapulco to Mexico City. It is served by Chilpancingo National Airport, which is one of the five airports in the state.
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Chilpancingo de los Bravo is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero, located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains with a 2010 population of 187,251 people. The city serves as an important regional hub, situated along the major Federal Highway 95 that connects Acapulco to Mexico City and served by its own national airport.
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- Above, from left to right: Downtown, Chilpancingo Francisco Assisi Church, Tehuacalco archaeological site, The Civic Plaza "First Congress of Anahuac", Chilpancingo Saint Mary Cathedral, Museo de Regional de Guerrero (Regional Museum of Guerrero), Chilpancingo City Hall and the judiciary.
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Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; ; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco ()) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of in the south-central part of the state, situated in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, on the bank of the Huacapa River. The city is on Federal Highway 95, which connects Acapulco to Mexico City. It is served by Chilpancingo National Airport, which is one of the five airports in the state.
==History== In pre-Columbian times, the area was occupied by the Olmecs, who built an extensive tunnel network through the mountains, and left the cave paintings in the caverns of Juxtlahuaca. The city of Chilpancingo was founded on 1 November 1591 by the Spanish conquistadores, its name meaning "Place of Wasps" in Nahuatl. During the War of Independence, Chilpancingo was crucial to the insurgent cause as its population participated actively and decisively in their favor, and it became a strategic point for military action in the south. Chilpancingo was very important to Mexican history because it was here where the National Congress met under José María Morelos y Pavón in 1813 during the War of Independence.
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