Tixtla

Tixtla (formally, Tixtla de Guerrero ) is a town and seat of the Tixtla de Guerrero Municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

Tixtla
Municipal seat and city
Tixtla
Location in the State of Guerrero
Tixtla
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 17°34′N 99°24′W
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
MunicipalityTixtla de Guerrero
Population
 (2005)
 • Total21,720

Location

The name is Nahuatl, and means either "maize dough" (masa) from textli; "our valley" from to ixtla; or "temple by the water" from teoixtlen.

The municipality stands between 17°20' & 17°43' N and 99°15' & 99°28' W, some 20 km east of state capital Chilpancingo. It covers a total surface area of 290 km. It reported 33,620 people in the 2000 census, including 18% Native Americans (speakers of Nahuatl and Tlapaneco).

Other towns in the municipality include Atliaca (population 5,981), Almolonga (1,346), Zoquiapa (1,243), and El Durazno (1,070).

History

Antonia Nava de Catalán, a heroine of the Mexican War of Independence, was born in Tixtla.[1] Tixtla was also the birthplace of both Independence hero and Mexican president Vicente Guerrero (1783–1831) and writer and educator Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893). It served as the first capital of Guerrero, from 1851 to 1870, and the state constitution was promulgated there on 14 June 1851.[2]

The city is known for its music and festivals.[3]

Notable residents

References
  1. JSA/JOSR, "Nava de Catalán, Antonia", enciclopediagro (in Spanish), Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, retrieved 2017-11-27
  2. Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero: Subdirección de Gobierno en Línea (2015-10-28). "Tixtla de Guerrero". Portal Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. "Sones de tarima de Tixtla". Mediateca Guerrero (in Spanish). 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

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