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Chilpancingo

American  
[cheel-pahn-seeng-gaw] / ˌtʃil pɑnˈsiŋ gɔ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Guerrero, in SW Mexico.


Chilpancingo British  
/ tʃilpanˈθiŋɡo /

noun

  1. a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The mayor of the nearby town of Chilpancingo sounded the alarm about the kidnapping on social media.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

On Wednesday, under constant rain in Chilpancingo, Guerrero’s capital, firefighters waded through brown water, while the authorities shined flashlights on splintered buildings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

In 1813, at the apex of his military career, Morelos convened a wartime congress in the town of Chilpancingo that declared Mexico’s independence from Spain.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Her grandparents and an aunt went to the state prosecutor’s office and then to a hospital in Chilpancingo, the state capital.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

This remarkable soldier-priest captured various important places—Orizaba, Oaxaca, and Acapulco, and established the first Mexican Congress at the town of Chilpancingo, in the State of Guerrero, in September, 1813.

From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume

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