Acapulco de Juárez is one of the 81

municipalities of Guerrero Guerrero is a state in Southwest Mexico that is divided into 85 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in G ...

, in southwestern

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, along

Acapulco Bay Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , ; ), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Located on a deep, semicircular bay, Acapulco has been a port since the ear ...

on the Pacific coast, being both the most populous and most densely populated municipality in Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at

Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , ; ), is a city and Port of Acapulco, major seaport in the Political divisions of Mexico, state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Located on a deep, semicirc ...

. Forty percent of the municipality is mountainous terrain; another forty percent is semi-flat; and the other twenty percent is flat. Altitude varies from sea level to . The highest peaks are Potrero, San Nicolás, and Alto Camarón. One major river runs through the municipality, the Papagayo, along with a number of ''arroyos'' (streams). There are also two small lagoons, Tres Palos and Coyuca, along with a number of thermal springs. It was incorporated on , as part of the

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, and became part of the new state of

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

upon its creation on . ''De Juárez'' was officially added to its name on . As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 779,566, covering an area of . Its current

municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' ( English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines during the Spanish and American colonial periods; it is comparable to a mayor of the tow ...

is Abelina López Rodríguez, from the Morena political party.

Localities

The municipality has 231 communities and the most populous localities are:

Government

* List of municipal presidents of Acapulco

References

Municipalities of Guerrero {{Guerrero-geo-stub