Ayutla de los Libres (municipality)

Ayutla de los Libres
Municipality
Municipality of Ayutla de los Libres in Guerrero
Municipality of Ayutla de los Libres in Guerrero
Ayutla de los Libres is located in Mexico
Ayutla de los Libres
Ayutla de los Libres
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 16°46′N 98°56′W / 16.767°N 98.933°W / 16.767; -98.933
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
Municipal seatAyutla de los Libres
Area
 • Total
735.4 km2 (283.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
60,690

Ayutla de los Libres (Mixtec: Tatioo[1]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at Ayutla de los Libres. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 60,690, up from 55,954 as of 2005.[2]

Name

The name "Ayutla" comes from Nahuatl Ayotlan meaning "near the (place of abundance of) tortoises/turtles".[1] The sobriquet "de los Libres" ("of the Free") was added after 1854, because the town was the place where the Ayutla Revolution started on March 1, 1854, and where the Ayutla Plan was announced.[1]

Towns

References

  1. ^ a b c "La Jornada Guerrero, SALOMÓN GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ, Ayutla de los Libres, ayer y hoy (English: Ayutla de los Libres, then and now), March 1, 2009". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. ^ "Ayutla de los Libres". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2014.