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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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Alejandro Arcos was found dead on Sunday in Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2024

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

It took nearly all day Wednesday for authorities to partially reopen the main highway connecting Acapulco to the state capital Chilpancingo and Mexico City.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 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

Guerrero has valuable deposits of iron ore near Chilpancingo.

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

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