The state of Guerrero is located in the Southern Sierra Madre.

It has 76 municipalities, 7,718 villages and a population of 3,079,649 (1,491,287 male and 1,588,362 female).

The capital city is Chilpancingo and it lies at 1,300 meters above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 18°53', South 16°19' Lat North; East 98°00', West 102°11' West Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

3.3 % of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Guerrero borders north with Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico, Morelos and Puebla; East with Puebla and Oaxaca; to the south with Oaxaca and the Pacific Ocean; West with the Pacific Ocean and Michoacan de Ocampo.

LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE

522 km

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Cerro Tiotepec       3,550

Cerro Tlacotepec   3,320

Cerro Zacatonal     3,300

Cerro Pelón            3,100

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Balsas

Costa Grande

Costa Chica-Río Verde

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural      16.02 %                                Grazing land      8.73 %                   Forest  35.15 %                                                      

                                                            Jungle          38.76%                       Other          1.34

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer  (63.99%)

Semi-warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (2.63%)

Semi-warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (18.16%)

Temperate humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer (0.96%)

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (5.23%)

Semi-dry very warm and warm  (8.47%)

Dry very warm and warm (0.56%)