Mártir de Cuilapán is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in the

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Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...

. The municipal seat lies at

Apango Apango (the municipal seat of Mártir de Cuilapán) is a town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero, approximately 35 km away from the state capital Chilpancingo. Nearby, a ruined temple which is the sole evidence of the Coixcas Coixca ...

. The municipality covers an area of 499.8 km². Before the Spanish conquistadors arrived, the area was known as

Coixcas Coixcas describes a pre-conquest community, and its inhabitants, located between the modern Mexican towns of Tixtla and Apango. The Coixcas people resisted and repulsed attempts by the Aztecs to conquer their community. The area was later cap ...

. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,272.

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