Acapulco facts for kids
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Acapulco
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Acapulco de Juárez | ||
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Guerrero | |
Founded | 1520s | |
Area | ||
• Municipality | 1,882.6 km2 (726.9 sq mi) | |
• Urban | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) | |
• Metro | 3,538.5 km2 (1,366.2 sq mi) | |
Elevation
of seat
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30 m (100 ft) | |
Population
(2010)Municipality
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• Municipality | 863,431 | |
• Seat | 673 479 | |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) | |
Postal code (of seat) |
39300
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Area code(s) | 744 |
Acapulco is a town and sea port on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is on a deep, semi-circular bay. It is a stop for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama, and San Francisco, California, USA. In 2005, about 722,499 people lived there.
Its name is a Nahuatl word, meaning "plain of dense reeds". The city has been a port since the 16th century.
Images for kids
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Codex Tudela: "Acapulco's Yope Indian, at the South Sea"
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Hasekura Tsunenaga; the Japanese samurai who led the delegation to Mexico
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Fountain of the Huntress Diana
See also
In Spanish: Acapulco de Juárez para niños
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