San Marcos, Guerrero
San Marcos | |
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| Coordinates: 16°47′45″N 99°23′00″W / 16.79583°N 99.38333°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | San Marcos |
| Founded | 28 September 1885 |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,000 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
San Marcos is a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Marcos.
The town currently has about 12 000 inhabitants.
Culturally and ethnically, the town and the municipality belong to what is known in Mexico as the Costa Chica (small coast) of Guerrero and Oaxaca. This is a 125 km long region along the Pacific coast; it begins south of Acapulco and ends near the town of Puerto Ángel in the neighbouring state of Oaxaca.