The Costa Chica is one of the seven regions into which the southern Mexican state of Guerrero

Guerrero

Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

 is divided.

It begins to the east of Acapulco

Acapulco

Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...

 and extends along the coast for 180 km (112 mi) as far as the border with Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

, where the Costa Chica of Oaxaca begins.
Similar to other parts of the southern Mexico, the Costa Chica is a rich and closely interwoven cultural mosaic, made up of various ethnic groups: the coastal Mixtec people, the sizable Afro-Mexican

Afro-Mexican

People of African descent in Mexico is a term mainly used outside of Mexico to identify Mexicans of predominantly African ancestry. Now largely assimilated into the general population, Afro Mexicans historically have been located in certain communities, most notably in two coastal areas of Guerrero...

 population, the Amuzgo

Amuzgo

Amuzgo is an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the Costa Chica region of the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca by about 44,000 speakers. Like other Oto-Manguean languages, Amuzgo is a tonal language. From syntactical point of view Amuzgo can be considered as an active language...

s, and the Chatino

Chatino

Chatino is the Spanish name of an indigenous people of southern central Mexico, and also of their language, the Chatino language. Chatino communities are located in the southeastern region of the state of Oaxaca. Speakers of Chatino are numbered around 23,000 , but ethnic Chatinos may number many...

s.

The musical style known as chilena

Chilena

Chilena is a genus of Moth in the family Lasiocampidae....

– with obvious Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian and Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an influences – originated in the Costa Chica region.

Municipalities of the Costa Chica

Guerrero's portion of the Costa Chica region comprises 15 municipalities:

• Ayutla de los Libres
• Azoyú
  Azoyú
  Azoyu is a city and seat of the municipality of Azoyu, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Copala
  Copala, Guerrero
  Copala is acity and seat of the municipality of Copala, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Cuautepec
  Cuautepec
  Cuautepec is a city and seat of the municipality of Cuautepec, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Cuajinicuilapa
  Cuajinicuilapa
  Cuajinicuilapa is a town and seat of the municipality of Cuajinicuilapa in the southernmost area of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is possible to distinguish some small numbers of Indians in town...
  
  
• Florencio Villarreal
• Igualapa
  Igualapa
  Igualapa is a city and seat of the municipality of Igualapa, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Juchitán
  Juchitán, Guerrero
  Juchitán is a settlement, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is part of the region of the state known as the Costa Chica....
  
  
• Marquelia
  Marquelia
  Marquelia is a city and seat of the municipality of Marquelia, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Ometepec
  Ometepec
  Ometepec is a city and seat of the municipality of Ometepec, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• San Luis Acatlán
  San Luis Acatlán
  San Luis Acatlán is a town and municipality of the same name located in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located in the Costa Chica region of the state, about 158 km from Acapulco. Most often called simply "Acatlán", the name comes from the locality of Acatlán located in the modern state...
  
  
• San Marcos
• Tecoanapa
  Tecoanapa
  Tecoanapa is a city and seat of the municipality of Tecoanapa, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Tlacoachistlahuaca
  Tlacoachistlahuaca
  Tlacoachistlahuaca is a city and seat of the municipality of Tlacoachistlahuaca, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
  
  
• Xochistlahuaca
  Xochistlahuaca
  Xochistlahuaca is a city and seat of the municipality of Xochistlahuaca, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....