Cuajinicuilapa | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mexico_Guerrero_location_map.svg)  Cuajinicuilapa Location in Mexico &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mexico_States_blank_map.svg) Cuajinicuilapa Cuajinicuilapa (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°28′N 98°24′W / 16.467°N 98.400°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipal seat | Cuajinicuilapa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 857.1 km2 (330.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 26,627 |
| Postal code | 41919 |
| Area code | 741 |
Cuajinicuilapa is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Cuajinicuilapa. The municipality covers an area of 857.1 km². In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 26,627,[1] up from 25,537 in 2005.[2][3]
According to data provided by the XII General Census of 2000 documenting Population and Housing carried out by the National Institute of Geographic Statistics and Informatics (INEGI), there are three main ethnic groups in the municipality: whites, indigenous Mexicans and blacks, which by intermarriage have formed the current phenotypical characteristics of some of the Cuajinicuilapa population.
It is possible to distinguish some small numbers of Indians in the town of Cuajinicuilapa. According to INEGI there are around 1,170 indigenous people in this town, representing 4.56% on the total municipal population whose languages are amusgo with 297 speakers, Mixtec with 211 speakers, Nahuatl with 5, Tlapanecos with 22, Zapotec with 2.
There are also whites and other native Indian newcomers to the municipality who are traders and merchants. Some residents of the municipality have distinct Negroid features which in colonial days were called "mulatos pardos" (mulatto brown) denoting their negroid admixture.[4]
- ^ "Cuajinicuilapa: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Secretariat of the Economy. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Cuajinicuilapa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
- ^ "CubexConnector". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero".