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Acapulco Quick Facts

  • Acapulco is Mexico's biggest tourist resort.
  • Acapulco is located at 16° 50' N Latitude and 99° 54' W Longitude
  • Acapulco is located in the Tropic of Cancer
  • Acapulco is about 239 miles (385 km) from Mexico City and 83 miles (133 km) from the capital of the state of Guerrero, Chilpancingo.
  • Acapulco is the largest city in the state of Guerrero.
  • Acapulco has two main bays: The Bay of Santa Lucia, where the port is located, and Puerto Marqués, as smaller inlet to the east of the Bay of Santa Lucia.
  • The Bay of Santa Lucia (Acapulco Bay) is surrounded by the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains.
  • Acapulco's Bay measures 3 miles (5 km) east to west and about 2 miles (3 km) north to south.
  • Acapulco is about 1,169 square miles (1,883 square km) in size. This is about 3% of the surface of the territory of the state of Guerrero.
  • The official population of Acapulco, as measured by the INEGI census in 2000, is 620,656, though this is almost certainly a substantial undercount.