Tixtla
{{Short description|City in the Mexican state of Guerrero}}
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Tixtla (formally, Tixtla de Guerrero) ({{IPA|es|ˈtiɣstla ðe ɣeˈreɾo|lang}}, {{IPA|nah|ˈtiʃt͡ɬa|lang}}) is a town and seat of the municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
The name is Nahuatl, and means either "maize dough" (masa) from textli; "our valley" from to ixtla; or "temple by the water" from '' teoixtlen'
History
Antonia Nava de Catalán, a heroine of the Mexican War of Independence, was born in Tixtla.{{citation|language=es|title=Nava de Catalán, Antonia |author=JSA/JOSR|publisher=Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI|work=enciclopediagro |url=http://www.enciclopediagro.org/index.php/indices/indice-de-biografias/1048-nava-de-catalan-antonia|access-date=2017-11-27}}
Tixtla was also the birthplace of both Independence hero and Mexican president Vicente Guerrero (1783–1831) and writer and educator Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893).
It served as the first capital of Guerrero, from 1851 to 1870, and the state constitution was promulgated there on 14 June 1851.{{Cite web|url=http://guerrero.gob.mx/municipios/centro/tixtla-de-guerrero/|title=Tixtla de Guerrero|last=Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero: Subdirección de Gobierno en Línea|date=2015-10-28|website=Portal Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero|language=es-MX|access-date=2020-02-08}}
Geography
The municipality is located between 17°20' & 17°43' N and 99°15' & 99°28' W,
some {{cvt|20|km|mi}} east of state capital Chilpancingo. It covers a total surface area of {{cvt|290|km2|sqmi}}. It reported 33,620 people in the 2000 census, including 18% Native Americans (speakers of Nahuatl and Tlapaneco).
Other towns in the municipality include Atliaca (population 5,981), Almolonga (1,346), Zoquiapa (1,243), and El Durazno (1,070).
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