Guerrero

Guerrero is bordered by the states of Michoacán to the west, Mexico, Morelos, and Puebla to the north, Oaxaca to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Guerrero has an area of about 63,749 km², covered with fertile valleys, mountains covered with pine Guerrero; Coat of Arms trees and coastal steppes. Its territory has been divided into 75 municipalities for a better administration and in 2003, the population was estimated at 3,167,400 people.

Guerrero's wealth lies in its numberless beaches along the 505 km shoreline, lagoons, rivers, inlets and mountains as well as in its grottos, churches, convents, murals in caves, archaeological zones, historic monuments, its great variety of folklore and craftmanship, and the extense and marvelous gastronomy.

The state capital is the city of Chilpancingo. Guerrero also contains the cities of Acapulco, Iguala, and Taxco.

The state is an important tourist destination. There are three main areas of tourism, known as the Triángulo del Sol (triangle of the sun). The first is Taxco, a colonial town noted for its silverware. The second is Acapulco. The third is Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo. Ixtapa is a destination created by the federal government to increase tourism during the slow economy of the 1980s.

The Circuito Chilpancingo Azul, is added to the three and includes the bordering towns of the state capital, which formed by water sites, grottos and historical and cultural cities, are an heterogeneous attraction.

In Mexico the state is also renowned for violence, with vendettas deeply rooted in the local tradition (especially blood feuds between people of the coast and those of the mountains) and drug production in the mountainous interior. (Guerrero is the Spanish word for 'warrior', but this is mere coincidence: the state was named in honour of Vicente Guerrero, a locally born Independence War hero.)

The climate of Guerrero is tropical for the most part but becomes more moderate closer to the Sierra del Sur. The raining season almost occurrs exclusively during summer and fall.