Tlapa de Comonfort

Tlapa de Comonfort
Seal
Nickname:  Tlapa
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)

Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tinda'i 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.

"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.

History

The Codex Azoyú indicates that the settlement now known as Tlapa was founded between 1299 and 1565. References to it also exist in codices and tapestries from the town of Chiepetlán, claiming it was founded in 1467, and in the Humboldt Codex.

The municipality was founded in 1857, with the escision of Guerrero from the states of Puebla and México. It received city status in 1890.

Modern day

The 2005 INEGI Census reported a population of 37,975 in the municipal seat. The current mayor is Victoriano Wences of the PT

Geography

• 17°32′46″N 98°34′35″W
• 1,100 metres above sea level

References

• http://www.guerrero.gob.mx/?P=tlapa_de_comorfort

External links

• Tlapa municipal government
• Tlapa de Comonfort (guerrero.gob.mx)
• La Montaña y alrededores Tlapa news site