Tixtla is a town and seat of the municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero

Tixtla de Guerrero (municipality)

Tixtla de Guerrero is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tixtla de Guerrero. The municipality covers an area of 290 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,300....

 in the Mexican state

States of Mexico

The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...

 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....

.

The name is Nahuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

, and means either "maize dough" (masa

Masa

Masa is Spanish for dough. In the Americas it is often short for masa de maíz, a maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy. It is used for making corn tortillas, tamales, pupusas, arepas and many other Latin American dishes. The dried and powdered form is called masa harina, masa de harina,...

) 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

Chilpancingo

Chilpancingo de los Bravo is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located at . In the 2005 census the population of the city was 166,796. Its surrounding municipality, of which it is municipal seat, had a population of 214,219 persons...

. 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

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 and Tlapaneco

Tlapanec language

Tlapanec is an indigenous Mexican language spoken by more than 98,000 Tlapanec people in the state of Guerrero. Like other Oto-Manguean languages, it is tonal and has complex inflectional morphology...

).

Tixtla was the birthplace of both Independence hero and Mexican president Vicente Guerrero

Vicente Guerrero

Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and served briefly as President of Mexico...

 (1783 - 1831) and writer and educator Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio was a Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician.Altamirano was born in Tixtla, Guerrero, of pure indigenous Nahua heritage. His father was the mayor of Tixtla, this allowed Ignacio to attend school there...

 (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.

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

El Durazno

El Durazno is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina....

(1,070).

External links

• http://www.guerrero.gob.mx/nuevo/municipios.php?qSrc=12061a.htm
• http://www.guerrero.gob.mx/dominios/gobierno/divisiónpolitica/tixtla.htm