Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a 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...

 located on the Pacific coast in the western part of the Mexican

Mexico

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 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 includes the major resort communities of Zihuatanejo

Zihuatanejo

Zihuatanejo or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in the western part of Guerrero, but both are commonly referred to as Zihuatanejo...

 and Ixtapa

Ixtapa

Ixtapa is a beach resort in the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located to the northwest of the municipal seat, Zihuatanejo, and some northwest of Acapulco....

 in addition to numerous other towns. At the 2005 census it had a population of 104,609 inhabitants. It has an area of 1,921.5 km² (741.9 sq mi). Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its municipal president for the 2005-08 period was Silvano Blanco Deaquino.

It was created on 23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt. José Azueta

José Azueta

Lt. José Azueta Abad , usually known as José Azueta, was a Mexican Navy cadet who became famous for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz, where he was killed....

, a hero of the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz.

Major communities

• El Coacoyul
• Ixtapa
  Ixtapa
  Ixtapa is a beach resort in the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located to the northwest of the municipal seat, Zihuatanejo, and some northwest of Acapulco....
  
  
• Pantla
• San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo)
• Zihuatanejo
  Zihuatanejo
  Zihuatanejo or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in the western part of Guerrero, but both are commonly referred to as Zihuatanejo...
  
  

External links

• Municipio de Zihuatanejo de Azueta Official website
• Visit Ixtapa Zihuatanejo -- Tourist guide and maps of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
• Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Tourist Guide Official website of Zihuatanejo Hotels Assoc.