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Pilcaya

Town in the Mexican state of Guerrero

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official_name	Pilcaya
pushpin_map	Mexico Guerrero#Mexico
pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_mapsize	300
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Ellery Guadalupe Figueroa Macedo (PRI)
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
established_date3	December 5
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005 10851
population_density_km2	174.73
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	Zona Centro
utc_offset	-6
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1610
postal_code_type	ZIP Code
postal_code	40380
area_code	721
blank_name	721 143 9370
website	http://www.pilcaya.gob.mx

Pilcaya is a town and municipal seat of the municipality of Pilcaya in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located 153 km from Mexico City, 105 km from Cuernavaca, 84 km from Toluca, 68 km from Taxco and 5 km from Ixtapan de la Sal. The name "Pilcaya" is from the Nahuatl word pilcacyan, place of a hanging object.

Town

Pilcaya is mainly an agricultural town with a population of 4,899. Its main agricultural activity is the cultivation of gladiola flowers which growers sell in nearby Tenancingo and Mexico City. There is also a recent surge in the building of greenhouses which mainly grow tomatoes for the domestic market.

Landmarks

Sanctuary of La Imaculada Concepción, whose construction was initiated in 1650 and is still in use. Parque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa

Municipality

As municipal seat, Pilcaya has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: La Concepcion, Cacahuamilpa, El Mogote, El Sauz, Crucero de Grutas, El Platanar, Juchimilpa, El Bosque, Nombre de Dios, Los Sauces, Santa Maria, Chimaltitlan, Amatitlan, Cuitlapa, El Uvalar, Tecuanipa, Chichila, Piedras Negras, El Transformador, and Santa Teresa. The population of the municipality of Pilcaya is 10,050 as of 2005. The municipality of Pilcaya is the only municipality in Guerrero to border both the state of Mexico and the state of Morelos. It borders the municipio of Ixtapan, Tonatico, Zumpahuacán, Coatepec Harinas and Zacualpan in state of Mexico to the north and west. To the east it borders Coatlan del Rio in the state of Morelos. And to the south it borders Taxco and Tetipac, both in the state of Guerrero. The territorial extension of Pilcaya is 91.724 km2. The population of the municipality as of 2005 was 10,851.

References

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