Guerrero is a state in southern Mexico that is divided into 85 municipalities. According to the 2020 INEGI census, Guerrero is the 13th most populous state with inhabitants and the 14th largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Guerrero are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.
The largest municipality by population in Guerrero is Acapulco, with 779,566 residents, and the smallest municipality is Atlamajalcingo del Monte with 5,811 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Coyuca de Catalán which spans , and the smallest is Alpoyeca which spans .
Municipalities
+ Name Municipal seat Population(2020) Population(2010) Change Land area Population density(2020) Incorporation date km2 sq miAcapulcoAcapulco de Juárez AcatepecAcatepec Ahuacuotzingo Ahuacuotzingo AjuchitlánAjuchitlán del Progreso AlcozaucaAlcozauca de Guerrero AlpoyecaAlpoyeca ApaxtlaApaxtla de Castrejón Arcelia Arcelia Atenango del RíoAtenango del Río Atlamajalcingo del MonteAtlamajalcingo del Monte Atlixtac Atlixtac AtoyacAtoyac de Álvarez Ayutla Ayutla de los Libres AzoyúAzoyú Benito JuárezSan Jerónimo de Juárez BuenavistaBuenavista de Cuéllar ChilapaChilapa de Álvarez Chilpancingo de los BravoChilpancingo de los Bravo Coahuayutla de José María IzazagaCoahuayutla de Guerrero Cochoapa el GrandeCochoapa el Grande Cocula Cocula CopalaCopala CopalilloCopalillo Copanatoyac Copanatoyac Coyuca de BenítezCoyuca de Benítez Coyuca de CatalánCoyuca de Catalán CuajinicuilapaCuajinicuilapa CualacCualac CuautepecCuautepec Cuetzala del ProgresoCuetzala del Progreso CutzamalaCutzamala de Pinzón Eduardo Neri Zumpango del Río Florencio Villarreal Cruz Grande General Canuto A. NeriAcapetlahuaya General Heliodoro Castillo Tlacotepec Huamuxtitlán Huamuxtitlán HuitzucoHuitzuco de los Figueroa IgualaIguala de la Independencia IgualapaIgualapa IliatencoIliatenco Ixcateopan Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc José Joaquín de Herrera Hueycantenango Juan R. EscuderoTierra Colorada JuchitánJuchitán Las VigasLas Vigas — — — — — — La Unión de Isidoro Montes de OcaLa Unión Leonardo BravoChichihualco MalinaltepecMalinaltepec MarqueliaMarquelia Mártir de CuilapánApango MetlatónocMetlatónoc Mochitlán Mochitlán Ñuu SaviCoapinola — — — — — — OlinaláOlinalá OmetepecOmetepec Pedro Ascencio AlquisirasIxcapuzalco PetatlánPetatlán PilcayaPilcaya PungarabatoCiudad Altamirano QuechultenangoQuechultenango San Luis AcatlánSan Luis Acatlán San Marcos San Marcos San Miguel Totolapan San Miguel Totolapan San NicolásSan Nicolás — — — — — — Santa Cruz del RincónSanta Cruz del Rincón — — — — — — TaxcoTaxco de Alarcón Tecoanapa Tecoanapa Tecpan Tecpan de Galeana TeloloapanTeloloapan Tepecoacuilco de TrujanoTepecoacuilco de Trujano TetipacTetipac Tixtla Tixtla de Guerrero TlacoachistlahuacaTlacoachistlahuaca TlacoapaTlacoapa Tlalchapa Tlalchapa TlalixtaquillaTlalixtaquilla de Maldonado TlapaTlapa de Comonfort TlapehualaTlapehuala XalpatláhuacXalpatláhuac XochihuehuetlánXochihuehuetlán XochistlahuacaXochistlahuaca Zapotitlán Tablas Zapotitlán Tablas Zihuatanejo de AzuetaZihuatanejo ZirándaroZirándaro de los Chávez Zitlala Zitlala Guerrero — — Mexico — —
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