Ñuu Savi (

Mixtec The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica of Guerrero, Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerre ...

: "people of the rain") is a

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in the

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. It is located southeast of the state capital of

Chilpancingo Chilpancingo de los Bravo (commonly shortened to Chilpancingo; ; Nahuatl: Chilpantzinco ()) is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero. In 2010 it had a population of 187,251 people. The municipality has an area of ...

. Its creation from the municipality of

Ayutla de los Libres Ayutla de los Libres (Mixtec: Tatioo) is a city and seat of the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Re ...

was approved in 2021 and went into force on 21 May 2022.

Geography

The municipality of Ñuu Savi is located in the Costa Chica region of eastern Guerrero. It borders the municipalities of

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to the north,

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to the east,

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to the south, and Ayutla de los Libres to the west. The municipality covers an area of . Ñuu Savi has a

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with rain in the summer. Average temperatures range between , and average annual precipitation is between .

History

Coapinola, the municipal seat of Ñuu Savi, is the oldest settlement in the area, and was once a centre of

local government. The area fell under control of the

Mexica Empire The Aztec Empire, also known as the Triple Alliance (, �jéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥ or the Tenochca Empire, was an alliance of three Nahua city-states: , , and . These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley ...

in 1487 and was incorporated into the province of Ayotlán (present-day Ayutla) on the border with Yopitzinco, the territory of the Yope people. The perpetual marginalization of the Mixtec inhabitants of Ayutla in the following centuries ultimately led to a political awakening and demands for indigenous self-government. This process began in the 1970s through the efforts of local activists such as Hilario Ramírez Morales, who was assassinated in 1981. It gained momentum from the

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of 1994, which led to reprisals by the Mexican government, including incidents of

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, and the massacre of eleven indigenous leaders in El Charco by the

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in 1998. Security improved in the area after 2012, when the local community established its own self-defence group affiliated with the . A further step toward self-government took place in 2018, when Ayutla became the first municipality in Guerrero to hold nonpartisan elections governed by

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. After more consultation with the local population, on 31 August 2021 the Guerrero state legislature approved the creation of the municipality of Ñuu Savi comprising the Mixtec communities of Ayutla de los Libres. The state constitutional amendment establishing the municipality was passed on 13 January 2022 and went into force on 21 May 2022.

Administration

Ñuu Savi will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2024. An interim administration was appointed in August 2023, led by municipal president Donaciano Morales Porfirio. The municipal government of San Nicolás comprises a

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, a councillor (

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: ''síndico''), and six trustees (''regidores'').

Demographics

In the 2020 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Ñuu Savi recorded a population of 11,099 inhabitants. The municipal seat of Coapinola recorded a population of 387 inhabitants in the 2020 Census. The most populous localities in the municipality are Ahuacachahue and La Concordia, which recorded populations of 1505 and 1125 inhabitants respectively in the 2020 Census.

Economy and infrastructure

Ñuu Savi is one of the poorest municipalities in Guerrero. It lacks a hospital, and only primary and ''

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'' schooling are available. The local economy is based on

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

: corn, beans and sugarcane are the main crops.

References

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