Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc (municipality)
Municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ixtcateopan de Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located in the parallel 18°25’ of north latitude and between the meridians 99°42’ and 99°51’ of west longitude. The distance between Ixcateopan and Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero, is 180 km.
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc | |
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Coordinates: 18°25′N 99°46′W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Guerrero |
Municipal seat | Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Website | Ixcateopan (in Spanish) |
The seat is Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc.
Ixcateopan has a territorial extension of 310.7 square kilometers. According to the 2000 INEGI census Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc has a population of 2296.[1]
The name “Ixcateopan” is composed by the word “ixcatl” which means cotton, and “teopantli” which means temple, and the complete name means “In the temple of cotton".[2]
The main activities of the town are carpentry, farming and livestock raising. It claims to be the final resting place of Aztec huey tlatoani Cuauhtémoc, which is an elaborate hoax.[3]