San Marcos, Guerrero

Town in the Mexican state of Guerrero

Municipal seat in Guerrero, Mexico

San Marcos

Municipal seat

San Marcos

Location in Mexico

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San Marcos

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Coordinates: 16°47′45″N 99°23′00″W﻿ / ﻿16.79583°N 99.38333°W﻿ / 16.79583; -99.38333
Country|  Mexico
State| Guerrero
Municipality| San Marcos
Founded| 28 September 1885
Elevation

| 30 m (100 ft)
Population

• Total| 12,000
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central)

San Marcos is a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Marcos.

The town currently has about 12 000 inhabitants.

Culturally and ethnically, the town and the municipality belong to what is known in Mexico as the Costa Chica (small coast) of Guerrero and Oaxaca. This is a 125 km long region along the Pacific coast; it begins south of Acapulco and ends near the town of Puerto Ángel in the neighbouring state of Oaxaca.

## Geography[edit]

The town is located approximately 59 km south of Acapulco. It is located 18 km inland and along Federal Highway 200, known locally as the Acapulco–Pinotepa Nacional highway. It is only about one hour's drive from Acapulco and about three hours (157 km) from Pinotepa Nacional.

## History[edit]

Officially, the town and municipality were established on 28 September 1885 and were named in honour of Saint Mark, a Catholic saint considered the patron saint of the region. However, the town already existed, firstly under the name of Xolutla and later La Estancia.

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* Acapulco de Juárez (Acapulco)
* Acatepec (Acatepec)
* Ajuchitlán del Progreso (Ajuchitlán)
* Ahuacuotzingo (Ahuacuotzingo)
* Alcozauca de Guerrero (Alcozauca de Guerrero)
* Alpoyeca (Alpoyeca)
* Apaxtla (Apaxtla de Castrejón)
* Arcelia (Arcelia)
* Atenango del Río (Atenango del Río)
* Atlamajalcingo del Monte (Atlamajalcingo del Monte)
* Atlixtac (Atlixtac)
* Atoyac de Álvarez (Atoyac de Álvarez)
* Ayutla de los Libres (Ayutla de los Libres)
* Azoyú (Azoyú)
* Benito Juárez (San Jerónimo de Juárez)
* Buenavista de Cuéllar (Buenavista de Cuéllar)
* Chilapa de Álvarez (Chilapa de Álvarez)
* Chilpancingo de los Bravo (Chilpancingo de los Bravo)
* Coahuayutla de José María Izazaga (Coahuayutla de Guerrero)
* Cochoapa el Grande (Cochoapa el Grande)
* Cocula (Cocula)
* Copala (Copala)
* Copalillo (Copalillo)
* Copanatoyac (Copanatoyac)
* Coyuca de Benítez (Coyuca de Benítez)
* Coyuca de Catalán (Coyuca de Catalán)
* Cuajinicuilapa (Cuajinicuilapa)
* Cualac (Cualac)
* Cuautepec (Cuautepec)
* Cuetzala del Progreso (Cuetzala del Progreso)
* Cutzamala de Pinzón (Cutzamala de Pinzón)
* Eduardo Neri (Zumpango del Río)
* Florencio Villarreal (Cruz Grande)
* General Canuto A. Neri (Acapetlahuaya)
* General Heliodoro Castillo (Tlacotepec)
* Huamuxtitlán (Huamuxtitlán)
* Huitzuco de los Figueroa (Huitzuco)
* Iguala de la Independencia (Iguala de la Independencia)
* Igualapa (Igualapa)
* Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc (Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc)
* Iliatenco (Iliatenco)
* José Joaquín de Herrera (Hueycantenango)
* Juan R. Escudero (Tierra Colorada)
* Juchitán (Juchitán)
* La Unión de Isidoro Montes de Oca (La Unión)
* Las Vigas (Las Vigas)
* Leonardo Bravo (Chichihualco)
* Malinaltepec (Malinaltepec)
* Marquelia (Marquelia)
* Mártir de Cuilapán (Apango)
* Metlatónoc (Metlatónoc)
* Mochitlán (Mochitlán)
* Ñuu Savi (Coapinola)
* Olinalá (Olinalá)
* Ometepec (Ometepec)
* Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras (Ixcapuzalco)
* Petatlán (Petatlán)
* Pilcaya (Pilcaya)
* Pungarabato (Ciudad Altamirano)
* Quechultenango (Quechultenango)
* San Luis Acatlán (San Luis Acatlán)
* San Marcos (San Marcos)
* San Miguel Totolapan (San Miguel Totolapan)
* San Nicolás (San Nicolás)
* Santa Cruz del Rincón (Santa Cruz del Rincón)
* Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco de Alarcón)
* Tecoanapa (Tecoanapa)
* Tecpan de Galeana (Tecpan de Galeana)
* Teloloapan (Teloloapan)
* Tepecoacuilco de Trujano (Tepecoacuilco de Trujano)
* Tetipac (Tetipac)
* Tixtla de Guerrero (Tixtla de Guerrero)
* Tlacoachistlahuaca (Tlacoachistlahuaca)
* Tlacoapa (Tlacoapa)
* Tlalchapa (Tlalchapa)
* Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado (Tlalixtaquilla)
* Tlapa de Comonfort (Tlapa de Comonfort)
* Tlapehuala (Tlapehuala)
* Xalpatlahuac (Xalpatlahuac)
* Xochihuehuetlan (Xochihuehuetlan)
* Xochistlahuaca (Xochistlahuaca)
* Zapotitlán Tablas (Zapotitlán Tablas)
* Zihuatanejo de Azueta (Zihuatanejo)
* Zirándaro (Zirándaro de los Chávez)
* Zitlala (Zitlala)

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* El Veladero
* General Juan N. Álvarez
* Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
* Omiltemi
* Sierra de Huautla

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