Tlapa de Comonfort
City in the Mexican state of Guerrero / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tindaꞌi in Mixtec, is a city in the mountain region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
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Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
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Nickname: Tlapa | |
Coordinates: 17°32′46″N 98°34′35″W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Guerrero |
Municipality | Tlapa de Comonfort |
Government | |
• Presidente Municipal | Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo |
Elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
Population (2005) (municipal seat v. municipality) | |
• Urban | 37,975 |
• Metro | 57,346 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
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"Tlapa" is a Nahuatl exonym from tlappan or tluhpan, meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage to President Ignacio Comonfort.