Benito Juárez | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Guerrero |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | San Jerónimo de Juárez |
Area Total Km2: | 284.9 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 14,444 |
Coordinates: | 17.1833°N -130°W |
Benito Juárez is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat lies at San Jerónimo de Juárez. The municipality covers an area of 284.9 km2. The municipality is located at 17.1833°N -130°W, on the Pacific coast between Acapulco and Zihuatanejo. It is drained by the Río Atoyac.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,444.[1]
It was named in honour of 19th-century president and patriot Benito Juárez.