Juchitán is a settlement, and the surrounding municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 of the same name, in the 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....

. It is part of the region of the state known as the Costa Chica.

In the 2005 INEGI census, the municipal seat reported a population of 2,944, compared to 6,240 for the municipality as a whole.

The municipality of Juchitán was created on 5 March 2004 with its escision from the municipality of Azoyú

Azoyú

Azoyu is a city and seat of the municipality of Azoyu, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....

; as of the time of writing, it is Guerrero's newest municipality.

External links

• Juchitán, Gro. (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)