Iguala de la Independencia

Also known as Iguala

Iguala (), known officially as Iguala de la Independencia, is a historic city located from the state capital of Chilpancingo, in the Mexican state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Iguala
Settlement.official_name: Iguala de la Independencia
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: IgualaMontage.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 270px
Settlement.image_caption: Above, from left to right: Side, Dome, and part of the Parish of San Francisco de Asís, The monumental flag, Parish of San Juan Bautista, Statue of Francisco de Asís in front of the parish and Panoramic from the flagstick in the Hill the Tehuehue.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico Guerrero#Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mexico

Article

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Contents

Geography
History
Iguala mass kidnapping
Features
Events
Government
Sister City
References

Iguala (), known officially as Iguala de la Independencia, is a historic city located from the state capital of Chilpancingo, in the Mexican state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico.

==Geography== The city of Iguala stands on Federal Highway 95 about SSW of Mexico City. Iguala is the municipal seat of the Municipality of Iguala de la Independencia, located in the north-central part of the state.