Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

City

Chilpancingo

Central America

Chilpancingo de los Bravo, commonly Chilpancingo, is the capital and second-largest city of the Mexican state of Guerrero, with a population of 187,251 at the 2010 census. Its municipality covers 2,338.4 square kilometers in the south-central part of the state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains on the bank of the Huacapa River. The city sits on Federal Highway 95 connecting Acapulco to Mexico City and is served by Chilpancingo National Airport, one of five airports in the state.

Facts
Population
225,728 1
Founding Year
1591 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
1242 2
Latitude
17.551944 degrees north 1
Longitude
99.501334 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Chilpancingo
  • Infobox, population_total
    225,728
  • Infobox, population_as_of
    2020
  • History, first paragraph
    The city of Chilpancingo was founded on 1 November 1591
  • Wikidata, coordinate location (P625), latitude
    17.551944,-99.501334
  • Wikidata, coordinate location (P625), longitude
    17.551944,-99.501334
  • In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source
2. Chilpancingo (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1242 m
View the Source
3. GeoNames: Chilpancingo - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3530870
    17.55228 -99.50124 P PPLA MX 12 029 187251 1249 America/Mexico_City
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1249 m
View the Source
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -99.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, -99.75
17.75 -99.75 Aw
View the Source
Wikidata: Chilpancingo
Wikidata Q207935, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.