Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc (municipality)
Ixtcateopan de Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located in the parallel 18°25’ of north latitude and between the meridians 99°42’ and 99°51’ of west longitude. The distance between Ixcateopan and Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero, is 180 km.
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc | |
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Municipality | |
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc | |
| Coordinates: 18°25′N 99°46′W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipal seat | Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Website | Ixcateopan (in Spanish) |
The seat is Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc.
Ixcateopan has a territorial extension of 310.7 square kilometers. According to the 2000 INEGI census Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc has a population of 2296.
The name “Ixcateopan” is composed by the word “ixcatl” which means cotton, and “teopantli” which means temple, and the complete name means “In the temple of cotton".
The main activities of the town are carpentry, farming and livestock raising. It claims to be the final resting place of Aztec huey tlatoani Cuauhtémoc, which is an elaborate hoax.