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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)

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She was arrested in the city of Chilpancingo, three years after a warrant for her arrest had been issued.

From BBC May 15, 2025

In Chilpancingo, the last major city along the highway before Acapulco, people were stocking up on basics to distribute to those battered by the hurricane.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2023

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

José Rubén Nava was replaced as director of the local zoo in the city of Chilpancingo on Jan. 12 following the death of a deer there.

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2023

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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