Tixtla (formally, Tixtla de Guerrero ) is a town and seat of the
Tixtla de Guerrero Municipality in the
Mexican state
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of
Guerrero.
The name is
Nahuatl
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, and means either "maize dough" ''(
masa) ''from ''textli;'' "our valley" from ''to ixtla;'' or "temple by the water" from '' teoixtlen'
History
Antonia Nava de Catalán, a heroine of the
Mexican War of Independence
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, was born in Tixtla.
Tixtla was also the birthplace of both Independence hero and Mexican president
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero (; baptized August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831) was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence. He fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and later served as ...
(1783–1831) and writer and educator
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio (; 13 November 1834 – 13 February 1893) was a Mexican radical liberal writer, journalist, teacher and politician. He wrote ''Clemencia'' (1869), which is often considered to be the first modern Mexican novel.
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(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.
Culture
The city is known for its music and festivals.
Geography
The municipality is located between 17°20' & 17°43' N and 99°15' & 99°28' W,
some east of state capital
Chilpancingo. It covers a total surface area of . It reported 33,620 people in the 2000 census, including 18%
Native Americans (speakers of
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
and
Tlapaneco).
Other towns in the municipality include
Atliaca (population 5,981),
Almolonga
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(1,346),
Zoquiapa (1,243), and
El Durazno (1,070).
Climate
Notable residents
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Antonia Nava de Catalán
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Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio (; 13 November 1834 – 13 February 1893) was a Mexican radical liberal writer, journalist, teacher and politician. He wrote ''Clemencia'' (1869), which is often considered to be the first modern Mexican novel.
...
*
Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero (; baptized August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831) was one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence. He fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century, and later served as ...
References
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Populated places in Guerrero