Tlapa de Comonfort
Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
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The Zocalo in Tlapa de Comonfort | |
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Seal | |
| Nickname: Tlapa | |
Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
| Coordinates: 17°32′46″N 98°34′35″W / 17.54611°N 98.57639°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Tlapa de Comonfort |
| Government | |
| • Presidente Municipal | Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo |
| Elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
| Population (2005) (municipal seat v. municipality) | |
| • Urban | 37,975 |
| • Metro | 57,346 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tindaꞌi in Mixtec, is a city in the mountain region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
"Tlapa" is a Nahuatl exonym from tlappan or tluhpan, meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage to President Ignacio Comonfort.
History
The Codex Azoyú attests to the existence of the late postclassic kingdom of Tlachinollan in this area, which was ruled by both Mixtecs and Tlapanec-Nahuas. It existed as early as 1300 AD, and progressively grew to cover much of what is now the Montaña region of the state of Guerrero, stretching as far as Totomixtlahuaca in the south and Quechultenango in the west.[1] The area was subject to an Aztec invasion during the reign of Tizoc, but according to Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl it was definitively conquered after a joint campaign in 1486 led by Ahuitzotl, Nezahualpilli, and Chimalpopoca (Tlacopan). Tlachinollan was subsequently renamed to Tlapan and became an Aztec garrison and capital of a tributary province roughly corresponding to the territorial extent of the former kingdom.[2] Gold was one of the most important tribute products given by Tlapan to the Aztecs, along with cotton clothing, warrior costumes, and tecomates for cacao.[3]
References to Tlapa exist in codices and wood carvings from the town of Chiepetlán, claiming it was founded in 1607, and in the Humboldt Codex.
The municipality was founded in 1912, with the excision of Guerrero from the states of Puebla and México. It received city status in 1920.
Modern day
The 2005 INEGI Census reported a population of 37,975 in the municipal seat.[4] The current mayor is Victoriano Wences of the PT.
Geography
- 17°32′46″N 98°34′35″W / 17.54611°N 98.57639°W
- 1,100 metres above sea level
References
- ^ Bricker, Victoria Reifler; Andrews, Patricia A. (1992). Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Epigraphy (1st [ed.] ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780292753730.
- ^ Gerhard, Peter (1993). A guide to the historical geography of New Spain (Rev. ed.). Norman, Okla. London: Univ. of Oklahoma Pr. p. 321. ISBN 9780806125534.
- ^ Berdan, Frances; Blanton, Richard E.; Boone, Elizabeth Hill; Hodge, Mary G.; Smith, Michael Ernest; Umberger, Emily Good (1996). Aztec imperial strategies. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. pp. 276–277. ISBN 9780884022114.
- ^ INEGI: Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER) de Guerrero Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Tlapa municipal government
- Tlapa de Comonfort (guerrero.gob.mx)