Zumpango del Río | |
Settlement Type: | Municipal seat and city |
Nickname: | Xumpango |
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: | Eduardo Neri |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Sierra Madre del Sur |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 24719 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | Zona Centro |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 17.65°N -129°W |
Elevation M: | 1912 |
Postal Code: | 40180 |
Zumpango del Río is the seat of the municipality of Eduardo Neri, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, and started commercial silver mining in the area. Francisco de Hoyos and Juan Juan Jaramillo made the discovery when returning from a military expedition to Guerrero. Using Indian slave labor until the ban from doing so was enforced in 1550, the mines produced 1000 pounds of silver by 1539. Prominent mine owners included Juan de Burgos and Hernán Cortés. Most of the mines were abandoned by 1582 however.[1]
The city is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, at an altitude of 1092abbr=offNaNabbr=off.
It is on Mexican Federal Highway 95 (Mexico City-Acapulco Highway), about 8miles northeast of the Guerrero state capital city of Chilpancingo[2]