Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tinda'i in Mixtec, is a city in the mountain region of 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 also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name

Tlapa de Comonfort (municipality)

Tlapa de Comonfort is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tlapa de Comonfort. The municipality covers an area of 1,054 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 65,763....

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"Tlapa" is a 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...

 exonym from tlappan or tluhpan, meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage to President

President of Mexico

The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...

 Ignacio Comonfort

Ignacio Comonfort

Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as President of Mexico....

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History

The Codex Azoyú

Codex Azoyú

The Codices Azoyú I & II are two Mesoamerican pictorial codices, painted in Tlapa around 1565. They were accidentally discovered in 1940 in the town of Azoyú, after which they are named....

 indicates that the settlement now known as Tlapa was founded between 1299 and 1565. References to it also exist in codices and tapestries from the town of Chiepetlán, claiming it was founded in 1467, and in the Humboldt Codex.

The municipality was founded in 1857, with the escision 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....

 from the states of Puebla

Puebla

Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

 and México. It received city status in 1890.

Modern day

The 2005 INEGI Census reported a population of 37,975 in the municipal seat.
The current mayor is Willy Reyes Ramos of the PRI

External links

• Tlapa municipal government
• Tlapa de Comonfort (guerrero.gob.mx)
• La Montaña y alrededores Tlapa news site