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Chichihualco
ceety in the sooth o Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chichihualco is a ceety in the sooth o Mexico. It shapes the admeenistrative centre o the municipality o Leonardo Bravo, foond in the centre o Guerrero state aboot 21 kilometres northwast o the state caipital, Chilpancingo.
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Chichihualco | |
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Municipal seat an ceety | |
Coordinates: 17°41′N 99°39′W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Guerrero |
Municipality | Leonardo Bravo |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 10,079 |
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Accordin tae Mexico’s Naitional Institute o Statistics, Geografie an Data Processing (INEGI), the ceety wis hame tae 4,783 men an 5,296 weemen, a total of 10,079 inhabitants in 2005. It is foond at a altitude o 1,140 metres abuin mean sea level, a latitude o 17°39′28″ north an a langitude o 99°40′35″ wast.[1]
In the local Nahuatl leid, the name leeterally means ‘in the bosom’, translatit as ‘place whaur they suckle’ or ‘place o the wet nourices’.[2]