| Copala | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipal seat and city |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Guerrero#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: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Copala |
| Leader Name2: | marts |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | Zona Centro |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 16.65°N -157°W |
Copala is a city and the seat of the municipality of Copala, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.[1]
In June 2024, Salvador Villalba Flores, the mayor-elect of the town from the México Avanza party, was assassinated in the town while traveling on a bus to Mexico City. Local media also reported Villalba had decided to run for mayor after his friend, a candidate, was murdered in June 2023.[2]