Acapulco

Acapulco
Acapulco
	Ceety
	Acapulco de Juárez
	Acapulco panoramic collage. Top, frae left tae richt: Acapulco Bay frae Chapel o Peace, Petroglyphs in Palma Sola, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Cathedral, Mural bi Diego Rivera in Dolores Olmedo Hoose, San Diego Fort, La Quebrada, La Condesa Beach, Acapulco Dorado an Acapulco Diamante.
	Coat airms
	Acapulco Location in Mexico
	Coordinates: 16°51′49″N 99°52′57″W / 16.86361°N 99.88250°WCoordinates: 16°51′49″N 99°52′57″W / 16.86361°N 99.88250°W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Guerrero
Foondit	1520s
Govrenment
• Municipal preses	Luis Walton (2012–2015)
Area
• Municipality	1880.60 km2 (726.10 sq mi)
• Urban	85 km2 (33 sq mi)
• Metro	3538.5 km2 (1,366.2 sq mi)
Elevation of seat	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2012)
• Municipality	687,608
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
• Metro	1,021,000
Demonym(s)	Acapulqueño (a); Porteño (a)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	39300-39937
Area code(s)	744
Website	Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)

Acapulco (offeecially as Acapulco de Juárez) is a ceety, municipality an major sea port in the state o Guerrero on the Pacific coast o Mexico, 300 kilometre (190 mi) soothwast frae Mexico Ceety. Acapulco is locatit on a deep, semi-circular bay an haes been a port syne the early colonial period o Mexico's history.^[1] It is a port o caw for shippin an cruisin lines runnin atween Panama an San Francisco, Californie, Unitit States.^[2] The ceety o Acapulco is the lairgest in the state, far lairger than the state caipital Chilpancingo. Acapulco is Mexico's lairgest beach an balneario resortit ceety an aw.^[3]

References

↑ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Estado de Guerrero Acapulco de Juárez" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ "History of API Acapulco". Acapulco, Guerrero: Administracion Portuaria Integral. Archived frae the original on 18 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010.
↑ "INEGI Census 2005" (in Spanish). Archived frae the original on 18 Januar 2010. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

Further readin

Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews

Freemit airtins

Travel guide tae Acapulco frae Wikivoyage

(in Spaingie) Offeecial ceety govrenment wabsteid Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine

[encmuc-1] "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Estado de Guerrero Acapulco de Juárez" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[apiacapulco-2] "History of API Acapulco". Acapulco, Guerrero: Administracion Portuaria Integral. Archived frae the original on 18 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010.

[INEGI-3] "INEGI Census 2005" (in Spanish). Archived frae the original on 18 Januar 2010. Retrieved 10 Januar 2010. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

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