Chichihualco is a city in the south of Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. It forms the administrative centre of the municipality of Leonardo Bravo

Leonardo Bravo (municipality)

Leonardo Bravo is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Chichihualco. The municipality covers an area of 852 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,982....

, found in the centre of Guerrero

Guerrero

Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

 state about 21 kilometres north of the state capital, Chilpancingo.

According to Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), the city was home to 4,783 men and 5,296 women, a total of 10,079 inhabitants in 2005. It is found at an altitude

Altitude

Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...

 of 1,140 metres above mean sea level, a latitude

Latitude

In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...

 of 17°39′28″ north and a longitude

Longitude

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....

 of 99°40′35″ west.

In the local Nahuatl

Nahuatl

Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

 language, the name literally means ‘in the bosom’, translated as ‘place where they suckle’ or ‘place of the wet nurse

Wet nurse

A wet nurse is a woman who is used to breast feed and care for another's child. Wet nurses are used when the mother is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some cultures the families are linked by a special relationship of...

s’.