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Acapulco
Acapulco, Guerrero | |
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| Acapulco de Juárez | |
 Counterclockwise from top: Acapulco Bay skyline, La Quebrada, Island of La Roqueta, Acapulco Diamante, bay of Puerto Marqués, Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral, Chapel of Peace (left) and mural of Quetzalcoatl by Diego Rivera (right), Fort of San Diego | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Acapulco, Guerrero Location of Acapulco within Guerrero  Acapulco, Guerrero Acapulco, Guerrero (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°51′49″N 99°52′57″W / 16.86361°N 99.88250°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Acapulco |
| Founded | March 12, 1550 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Abelina López ( ) |
| Area | |
| • City | 1,880.60 km2 (726.10 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,538.5 km2 (1,366.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • City | 687,608 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,021,000 |
| Demonyms | Acapulqueño (a) Porteño (a) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal codes | 39300–39937 |
| Area code | 744 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Acapulco de Juárez (Spanish: [akaˈpulko ðe ˈxwaɾes] (
listen)), commonly called Acapulco (/ˌækəˈpʊlkoʊ/ AK-ə-PUUL-koh,[1][2] also US: /ˌɑːk-/ AHK-[1]), is a town and sea port on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is on a deep, semi-circular bay. It is a stop for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama, and San Francisco, California, USA. In 2005, about 722,499 people lived there.
Its name is a Nahuatl word, meaning "plain of dense reeds". The city has been a port since the 16th century.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Acapulco". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Acapulco". Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
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