Zihuatanejo

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Zihuatanejo
Coordinates: 17 ° 38 ′  N , 101 ° 33 ′  W
Map: Guerrero
marker
Zihuatanejo​
Zihuatanejo on the map of Guerrero
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Guerrero
Municipio Zihuatanejo de Azueta
Residents 67,408  (2010)
City insignia
Zihuatanejo Jose Azueta.svg
Detailed data
height 20  m
Post Code 40880
prefix 755
City Presidency Eric Fernandez Ballesteros
Website zihuatanejodeazueta.gob.mx/inicio/
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Zihuatanejo is a port city in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico . It belongs to the Municipio Zihuatanejo de Azueta (until 2008 Municipio José Azueta), whose administrative seat it is.

Immediately to the north of Zihuatanejo is Ixtapa Zihuatanejo (often short Ixtapa ), a modern (and high-priced) holiday resort that emerged in the late 1970s and is now one of the most important Mexican destinations for international tourism.

Surname

There are two theories about the origin of the name Zihuatanejo. Derived from the language of the Purépecha , the word stems Itzi (water), Huata (hill) and Nejo (yellow) would be "water of the yellow hill". On Nahuatl , which was also widespread in the region, the origin of the name can be found in the words Cihuatl (woman), Tzintli (small) and Co (place), meaning "place of the little women". The second theory obviously speaks in favor of a matriarchal form of society, there is no clear evidence for this.

climate

Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: CONAGUA
Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.3 31.3 31.0 31.6 32.4 31.9 32.1 31.9 31.1 31.7 31.3 31.4 O 31.6
Min. Temperature (° C) 18.8 18.4 19.4 20.5 21.6 23.5 22.8 23.0 22.8 22.6 21.5 20.0 O 21.3
Precipitation ( mm ) 25.6 2.9 0.1 0.1 20.5 186.0 195.5 215.5 374.2 107.9 25.5 11.3 Σ 1,165.1
Rainy days ( d ) 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.6 10.3 11.5 12.1 14.5 6.8 2.0 1.0 Σ 61.3
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Source: CONAGUA

history

The first written mention of Zihuatanejo was in the Matrícula de Tributos from 1540.

With the arrival of the conquistadores , the bay of the settlement became an important starting point for sea expeditions to explore the coast.

In the Mexican War of Independence , Zihuatanejo was used from 1811 by José María Morelos as a port for the distribution of goods and soldiers.

Population development and housing situation

In 1960 Zihuatanejo had only 1,619 inhabitants. In 1980 the beginning of tourism was already noticeable with an increase to 6,887 inhabitants. From the 1980s onwards, also due to the increasingly popular Ixtapa, there was a boom, which was represented by a population increase to 37,328 inhabitants in 1990 and 54,537 inhabitants in 1995.

Town twinning

To Palm Desert in the state of California Zihuatanejo maintains a city partnership.

traffic

Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport ( IATA airport code : ZIH , ICAO code : MMZH ) has national connections to Guadalajara , Mexico City and Oaxaca, as well as a number of smaller destinations. From the USA, Zihuatanejo has regular flights from Houston , Los Angeles , San Francisco and Phoenix, among others .

In the outskirts of the city there are two bus terminals for long-distance bus routes with daily connections to Acapulco , Mexico City, Manzanillo and Puerto Escondido, among others .

Local public transport has a bus network within and between Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, supplemented by the usual colectivos .

Trivia

In Stephen King's novella Spring Awakening: Pin-up and the film adaptation The Condemned , the two main characters agree to meet after a successful escape or release from a US prison in Zihuatanejo, a small, almost unknown village . Even if this mention of King is interpreted ironically or as criticism by many visitors who are familiar with the story today, this is very unlikely, since at the time of publication (1982) the development of the resort was not yet foreseeable.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Zihuatanejo de Azueta (Spanish)
  2. ↑ a b c d e INEGI historical archive, accessed on September 9, 2009: Zihuatanejo ( Memento from March 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ CONAGUA, Servicio Nacional Meteorologico: wmo.int
  4. ↑ Communities Recognized for Excellence & Innovation in Building Partnerships Globally ( Memento from November 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b c Lonely Planet Mexico 2006, pages 489 ff.

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