Country MEXICO
ACAPULCO
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Acapulco (Officially: Acapulco de Juárez) is a city and major sea port in the state of
Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest from Mexico City.
Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay.
It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and
San Francisco, California, United States.
As of the 2005 census, the population of the urbanized area was 616,394, while that of the
administrative municipality was 717,766 people.
The municipality, which has an area of 1,882.6 square kilometres (726.9 sq mi),
includes numerous small localities outside of the city.
The tourist resort city of Acapulco is the largest city in the state,
far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo.
The name "Acapulco" comes from the Nahuatl language, and means "place of big reeds".
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