title: Zihuatanejo de Azueta
text: # Zihuatanejo de Azueta
  
  Zihuatanejo de Azueta is a municipality located on the Pacific coast in the western part of the Mexican state of Guerrero. It includes the major resort communities of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa in addition to numerous other towns. In 2010 it had a population of 118,211 inhabitants. It has an area of 1468 km² (567 sq mi). Its municipal seat is the city of Zihuatanejo. Its municipal president for the 2005-08 period was Silvano Blanco Deaquino.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was created on 23 December 1953 and named in honour of Lt. José Azueta, a hero of the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz.
  
  ## Major communities
  
  * El Coacoyul
  * Ixtapa
  * Pantla
  * San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo)
  * Zihuatanejo
  