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| Country |  Mexico |
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| State | Guerrero | ||
| Municipality | Acapulco | ||
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| - Mayor | Félix Salgado Macedonio (PRD) | ||
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| - City | 1,882. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. The Mexican state of Guerrero is divided into 81 municipalities (municipios: The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 6 km² (726. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| - City | 717,766 (municipality) | ||
| - Urban | 616,394 | ||
| - Demonym | Acapulqueño(a) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| Postal code | 39300-39898 | ||
| Area code(s) | 744 | ||
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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. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay. In Mathematics (more specifically Geometry) a semicircle is a two-dimensional Geometric shape that forms Half of a Circle. Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States. Shipping is physical process of Transporting goods and Cargo. A cruise line is a company that operates Cruise ships Cruise lines have a dual character they are partly in the transportation business and partly in the leisure Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the As of the 2005 census, the population of the urbanized area was 616,394, while that of the administrative municipality was 717,766 people. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the 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". Nahuatl ( is a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan or Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family [1]
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Geography
The town was built on a narrow strip of low ground, scarcely half a mile wide, between the shoreline and the lofty mountains that encircle the bay to the north and east. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Access to the town from inland is through the mountains via a 2 km tunnel that was constructed in the 1990s. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon A passage through the mountains, called Abra de San Nicolas, has been constructed, and it allows cooling sea breezes to reach the city.
The climate is tropical, with warm to hot temperatures year-round. A tropical climate is a kind of Climate typical in the Tropics. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in the high-sun period (Northern Hemisphere summer), while the low-sun period (Northern Hemisphere winter) is mostly dry and sunny. Northern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is North of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball'
History
Archaic Era
Archeological evidence shows that Acapulco has been inhabited since before 3000 BC. The first vestiges of human presence consist of figures and pottery made of clay, stone, and ceramic. The pieces found in the coastal region of Puerto Marqués are the earliest known ceramics from Mexico, and they could be the oldest in Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Mesoamérica is a Region extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, defined
Cave paintings from 1200 BC and petroglyphs have been discovered on Pie de la Cuesta. Petroglyphs are Images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising pecking carving and abrading They indicate the early presence of fishing settlements, with agriculture and hunting as secondary activities. In a mountainside near Palma Sola, situated in the Veladero National Park, calendaric beads and 18 giant granite stones engraved with anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and geometrical details have been found. Mexico's National Parks (or Parques Nacionales in Spanish) are 67 federally recognized National parks that are protected natural areas administrated They were created between 200 BC and 600 AD. During this period, nomadic tribes from the northeast of Mexico entered what is now the state of Guerrero. Evidence of their presence has been found near the city.
Spanish colonial period
The first reference to Acapulco in the history of the Viceroyalty of New Spain was made as early as 1519, by Bernal Díaz del Castillo in his "Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de Nueva España" (True History of the Conquest of New Spain). The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España was a name given to the Viceroy -ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America, Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1496 &ndash 1584 was a Conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hernán Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (The Truthful History of the Conquest of New Spain is the first-person narrative of Bernal Díaz del Castillo Spanish captain Hernán Cortés sent several expeditionary groups to the Mexican Pacific coasts in order to find a new commercial route towards Asia. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca ( 1485&ndash December 2, The expedition led by Francisco Chico discovered Acapulco on December 13, 1521, Santa Lucía's day, after whom he named the new found bay. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life This article is about the Catholic saint For other meanings see Saint Lucia (disambiguation Saint Lucy of Syracuse also known as Saint Lucia Later, in 1523, Juan Rodríguez Villafuerte led Zacatula's expedition, arriving first at Zihuatanejo, where he built the first shipyard of the New Spain. Ixtapa redirect here See also Ixtapa Chiapas. Zihuatanejo ( is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Then, after producing several caravels and brigantines, he sailed to Acapulco, where he formally took possession of the port in the name of the Kings of Spain, driving in the sand the cross and the staff with the banner of Castille and Aragón. This article is about the Caravel boat type For the carvel type of boat building see Carvel (boat building. In Sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts only the forward of which is Square rigged Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and The Crown of Castile, as a historic entity is usually considered to have begun in 1230 with the third and definitive union of the two kingdoms of León and Castile The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon.
In 1532, by royal order, Acapulco became a direct dependency of the Spanish Crown, receiving the name of Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). Later, in 1550, Carlos V, King of Spain and Emperor of Germany and the Indias Occidentales (Western Indies), promoted it to historical city by royal decree. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was
It soon became a major port for Spanish ships carrying silks and spices gathered from the Asia-Pacific area. Asia-Pacific or APAC is the area generally regarded as encompassing Littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the
For more than 256 years, a yearly trading movement, known as the Manila-Acapulco Galleon, set sail from Acapulco to the Philippine Islands. The Manila galleons or Manila-Acapulco galleons ( Galeones de Manila-Acapulco) were Spanish trading Ships that sailed once or twice The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Its trade started an annual merchant fair in Acapulco where traders bargained for the galleon's cargo of spices, silks, porcelain, ivory, and lacquerware.
Acapulco's yearly treasure soon attracted pirates from both England and the Netherlands, who had sailed from the Caribbean sea. The Kingdom of England was a State (927-1707 located in Western Europe dating from the ninth or tenth century to the early eighteenth century when it was legally The Dutch Empire was the territories controlled by The Netherlands from the 17th to the 20th century The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting In 1579, Francis Drake attacked the coast of Acapulco, but failed to capture the Spanish Galleons; but in 1587, off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Thomas Cavendish seized the Santa Anna, taking most of the treasure. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just 'Los Cabos' - along with San José del Cabo - in Mexico and 'Cabo' in the United States) is a City at the southern tip Sir Thomas Cavendish (or Candish) (1560-1592 was known as "the Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately set out to circumnavigate
After a Dutch fleet invaded Acapulco in 1615, the Spaniards rebuilt their fort, which they christened Fort San Diego in 1617. The fort was destroyed by an earthquake in 1776 and was rebuilt by 1783. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The Mexican War of Independence, between 1810 to 1821, put a permanent stop to the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade. The Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821 was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16 1810
The Golden era of Acapulco
In 1933 Carlos Barnard started the first section of Hotel El Mirador [1], with 12 rooms on the cliffs of La Quebrada. La Quebrada can refer to La Quebrada Venezuela, also known as La Quebrada de San Roque capital of Urdaneta Municipality Trujillo
The principal architect and visionary for the development of Acapulco was Miguel Alemán Valdés, as president of Mexico from 1946 to 1952. Miguel Alemán Valdés ( September 29 1900 &ndash May 14 1983)served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952 The main avenue that runs along the Acapulco Bay is named after him.
In 1949 Carlos Barnard started the "La Perla" restaurant, adjoining his Hotel El Mirador at La Quebrada. La Quebrada can refer to La Quebrada Venezuela, also known as La Quebrada de San Roque capital of Urdaneta Municipality Trujillo
Teddy Stauffer (Mr. Acapulco) was also important. He created the first discotheque, "The Tequila a Go-Go", and the most glamorous hotel at that time (Villa Vera).
One celebrity who visited and fell in love with Acapulco was the actor Johnny Weissmuller ("Tarzan"). Johnny Weissmuller (June 2 1904 &ndash January 20 1984 was an American swimmer and Actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s winning Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to
But pollution and neglect began to take its toll. Hotels dumped raw sewage into the bay and litter accumulated on the beaches. By the 1970s the water had become too polluted to swim in and the international tourists sought different destinations.
Present day Acapulco
Acapulco has hosted yachting as part of the 1968 Summer Olympics. Yachting is an activity involving boats It may be racing Sailing boats cruising to distant shores or day-sailing along a coast The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City The city was devastated by Hurricane Pauline in 1997. Hurricane Pauline was one of the strongest and deadliest Pacific hurricanes to make landfall on Mexico.
Acapulco as a holiday resort
Since the 20th century, Acapulco has been a popular resort for tourists taking long holiday weekends and cruises from the United States, the Mexican interior and countries in South America. Eventually, it began competing directly with the Cancún on the East Coast as a super-tourist destination. Cancún (pronounced as kanˈkun is a coastal city in Mexico 's easternmost state Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. In the past three decades, air fares have become increasingly affordable as international airlines added flights and infrastructure to support the increasing air travel. The two beach resorts are located on opposite coasts oriented due East and West from the other. The city has had its star-spangled times, leading Sammy Cahn to reference it in his lyrics for "Come Fly With Me". Sammy Cahn ( June 18, 1913 &ndash January 15, 1993) was a 4-time Academy Award -winning American lyricist songwriter " Come Fly with Me " is a 1957 popular Song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Modern Acapulco is a featured destination for many Pacific cruise ship packages and international air carriers.
In recent years, within the younger crowd, Acapulco has made up some ground on Cancún as a popular spring break destination. For an article concerning the Easter break see Spring Holiday. This growing popularity may be because Acapulco offers a different unknown experience and a larger, international student crowd than Cancún due to its prominence as an international tourist resort with many available international transatlantic and transpacific flights. Apart from just the beach, Acapulco's best known island Roqueta, is a great attraction which is typically reached by glass-bottomed motor boats (enabling a clear view of the sea bottom). As in Cancún, water sports such as water skiing, para-sailing, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, sailing and snorkeling excursions are available in many price ranges amongst the picturesque coastal waters.
Several real estate, hotels and timeshares had been developed in the Acapulco Diamante (Diamond Acapulco) zone. A very important development has been built by Mayan Resorts the largest vacation club and golf operator in Mexico.
Beginning in the 1990s the government invested more than US$1 billion in an effort to upgrade Acapulco's infrastructure. Sewage systems have been improved and tons of trash have been hauled off the beaches. The water has once again been pronounced safe for swimming, although Mexico uses a lower standard for water quality than Europe.
Transportation
From the U. S. , many airlines now fly to Acapulco year-round. An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license While in the city, there are many buses and taxi services one can take to get from place to place, but most of the locals choose to walk to their destinations. However, an important mode of transportation is the government subsidized 'Colectivo' cab system. These cabs cost 10 pesos per person to ride, but they are not private. The word peso (meaning weight in Spanish was the name of a coin that originated in Spain and became of immense importance internationally The driver will pick up more passengers as long as seats are available, and will transport them to their destination based on first come first serve rules. The colectivos each travel a designated area of the city, the three main ones being Costera, Colosio, Coloso, or a mixture of the three. Coloso cabs mainly travel to old Acapulco. Colosio cabs travel through most of the tourist area of Acapulco. Costera cabs drive up and down the coast of Acapulco, which is where most of the hotels for visitors are, but also includes some of old Acapulco. Where a driver will take you is partly up to his choice. Some are willing to travel to the other designated areas, especially during slow periods of the day.
The bus system is highly complex, and can be rather confusing to an outsider. As far as transportation goes, it is the cheapest form other than walking in Acapulco. The most expensive buses have air conditioning, while the cheaper buses do not. The term air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for Thermal comfort. For tourists, the Acapulco city government has established a system of yellow buses with Acapulco! painted on the side of them. These buses are not for tourists only, but are certainly the nicest and most uniform of the bus systems. These buses travel the tourist section of Acapulco, driving up and down the coast. There are buses with specific routes and destinations, generally written on their windshields or shouted out by a barker riding in the front seat. The windshield or windscreen of an Aircraft, Automobile, Bus, Motorcycle, or Tram is the front Window Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized, with decaling and home made interior designs that range from comic book scenes, to adult themes, and even to "Hello Kitty" themes. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer full name, is the best-known of many simply drawn Fictional characters produced by the Japanese company Sanrio.
Attractions
Since 1934 the La Quebrada Cliff Divers have performed their impressive jumps into the shallow water and dangerous tides that form in the bottom part of La Quebrada. The La Quebrada Cliff Divers are a group of professional high divers based in Acapulco Mexico. La Quebrada ( Spanish for "gulch" or " Ravine " is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Acapulco, Mexico. The Acapulco cliff divers were featured regularly on the weekend sports program ABC's Wide World of Sports in the United States during the 1970s.
Nightlife
Generally, Acapulco offers a very good nightlife. Its main clubs are considered to be the Alebrije (the largest in Latin America), Palladium, and the Baby´O which many consider as the best nightclub in Mexico. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark An alebrije (aleˈβɾihe is a brightly-colored Mexican Folk art sculptures of fantastical animal-like creatures
During spring break, many bars and night clubs sign special contracts with U. For an article concerning the Easter break see Spring Holiday. S. -based travel companies and cater specifically to the needs of the American crowd, which pay in advance through the travel company (the venues cater to everyone, however). Due to this, there are distinct areas in which the American spring breakers are dominant, mainly around the coast where most hotels are located. Most clubs are open bar, while the smaller bar establishments are pay on tab (these also tend to have DJ or live music and dancing). A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption A bill is a document demanding payment for an order previously supplied A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Of the American favored clubs, the top three are Palladium, Mandara, and Privado, all located within a mile of each other. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States
References
- ^ Robelo, Cecilio A. (1912). Diccionario de Aztequismos, new ed. , México: Imp. del Museo N. de Arquelogía, Historia y Etnología, p. 43–44.
- [1] Armella de Fernández Castello, Corina, Acapulco, Ed. Estoril, 1997.
- [2] Brush, Charles F. , Pox Pottery: Earliest Identified Mexican Ceramic, Science, Vol. 149, No. 3680, pp. 194-195, 1965
External links
- Acapulco travel guide from Wikitravel
- Acapulco City Guide
- Official Municipal Website of Ciudad de Acapulco (Spanish)
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Guerrero Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Wikitravel is a Web -based project "to create a free, complete up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- Acapulco climate statistics
- Tourism Website of Acapulco 100 pics, maps and videos
See also
The human history of the west coast of North America is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along a now-submerged Acafest (or Festival Acapulco) is an annual Mexican festival that takes place in Acapulco in Mexico.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic