Ixcateopan

Ixtcateopan de Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the north of 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 has a territorial extension of 310.7 square kilometers. According with the 2000 INEGI census Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc has a population of 2296 habitants. 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...