Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
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 The Zocalo in Tlapa de Comonfort | |
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| Nickname: Tlapa | |
  Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero  Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
| Coordinates:17°32′46″N98°34′35″W / 17.54611°N 98.57639°W /17.54611; -98.57639 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Tlapa de Comonfort |
| Government | |
| • Presidente Municipal | Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo |
| Elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
| Population (2005) (municipal seat v. municipality) | |
| • Urban | 37,975 |
| • Metro | 57,346 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened toTlapa and known asTindaꞌi inMixtec, is a city in themountain region of theMexican state ofGuerrero. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surroundingmunicipality of the same name.
"Tlapa" is aNahuatlexonym fromtlappan ortluhpan, meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage toPresidentIgnacio Comonfort.
TheCodex Azoyú indicates that the city now known as Tlapa was founded between 1724 and 1756 (It's impossible the Azoyu codex was written during the 16th century). References to it also exist in codices and wood carvings from the town ofChiepetlán, claiming it was founded in 1607, and in theHumboldt Codex.
The municipality was founded in 1912, with the excision ofGuerrero from the states ofPuebla andMéxico. It received city status in 1920.
The 2005INEGI Census reported a population of 37,975 in the municipal seat.[1]The currentmayor is Victoriano Wences of the PT.
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