Ayutla de los Libres (

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 Regions of the state of Guerrero. The Mixtec Cultur ...

: Tatioo) is a

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in the

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. The municipal seat lies at

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 ...

. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 60,690, up from 55,954 as of 2005.

Name

The name "Ayutla" comes from

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 small ...

''Ayotlan'' meaning "near the (place of abundance of) tortoises/turtles". The sobriquet "de los Libres" ("of the Free") was added after 1854, because the town was the place where the

Ayutla Revolution Ayutla may refer to: * Ayutla, San Marcos, a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. *Ayutla de los Libres, a small town located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. * Ayutla, Jalisco, a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco. *San Feli ...

started on March 1, 1854, and where the Ayutla Plan was announced.

Towns

Acalmani (Ayutla de los Libres), Guerrero Acalmani is a town in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico. It is situated at an elevation of 930 meters, and as of 2010 had a population of 940, down from 1,011. Climate Population As of 2005, the population of 1,0 ...

Colotepec Colotepec is a town in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, Mexico. It is situated at an elevation of 430 meters, and as of 2010 had a population of 2,808, up from 2,690 in 2005. Name The name Colotepec means "Scorpion Hill" in ...

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