Tlapa de Comonfort
Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
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The Zocalo in Tlapa de Comonfort | |
| Nickname: Tlapa | |
| Coordinates: 17°32′46″N 98°34′35″W / 17.54611°N 98.57639°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Tlapa de Comonfort |
| Government | |
| • Presidente Municipal | Martimiano Benítez Lorenzo |
| Elevation | 1,100 m (3,600 ft) |
| Population (2005) (municipal seat v. municipality) | |
| • Urban | 37,975 |
| • Metro | 57,346 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
Tlapa de Comonfort, often shortened to Tlapa and known as Tindaꞌi in Mixtec, is a city in the mountain region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
"Tlapa" is a Nahuatl exonym from tlappan or tluhpan, meaning "place of washing". The "de Comonfort" part of the name is in homage to President Ignacio Comonfort.