San Marcos Municipality, Guerrero Explained

San Marcos
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
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 Marcos
Established Title2:Founded
Established Date2:28 September 1885
Area Total Km2:960.7
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:44,959
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:17.4167°N -119°W
Elevation M:30

San Marcos is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Its municipal seat is the town of San Marcos.

The municipality of San Marcos covers an area of 960.7 km² and is home to approximately 50 000 inhabitants. Ethnically, the population is mainly indigenous with a considerable mixing with African and to a lesser extent, European settlers, making most sanmarqueños Zambos. It comprises 138 villages and towns, examples of which include El Cortes, Las Vigas, El Cerro, Vista Hermosa, Tecomate de Pesqueria, Monte Alto, Santo Domingo, Las Ramaditas and others. Many sanmarqueños have migrated to various places in the United States, including the San Francisco Bay Area (mainly Oakland), Southern California (mainly Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and San Diego), Arizona, Chicago Illinois, Atlanta Georgia, Winston Salem North Carolina, South Florida, Washington State, as well as Houston and Dallas Texas.