18 Facts About Guerrero

The Guerrero area was attractive to the Spanish mostly for its coast.

Peoples of the territory of Guerrero immediately supported the cause of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla which would culminate with the Independence of Mexico.

Later, the Mexican flag was designed and first sewn in Iguala, after Agustin de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero joined forces under the Plan of Iguala to end the war in 1821.

The territory of the modern state of Guerrero was divided among the departments of Mexico, Puebla, Michoacan, and Oaxaca.

In 1823, Nicolas Bravo and Vicente Guerrero petitioned for the creation of a "South State", encompassing the lands that Guerrero had military control over during the war, but without success.

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However, the federal government did recognize a military district centered on Chilpancingo which Guerrero headed until he became President of Mexico in 1824.

The state of Guerrero was a mostly conservative area of the country, and it opposed both the 1857 Constitution and the 1859 Reform Laws.

When Victoriano Huerta took control of the country, the Zapatistas in Guerrero joined forces with those loyal to Venustiano Carranza, eventually controlling almost all of the state by 1914.

In 2012, some teachers from rural areas, including Guerrero, opposed federal regulations which prevented them from automatic lifetime tenure, the ability to sell or will their jobs, and the teaching of either English or computer skills.

Guerrero is considered to be one of the most notable writers from the Siglo de Oro of Spanish literature.

Guerrero's best known composer is Margarito Damian Vargas, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Almost all of Guerrero's tourism is concentrated among the municipalities of Acapulco, Zihuatanejo and Taxco, which the state promotes as the “Triangulo del Sol” .

Guerrero is the Mexican state where the tarantula species Brachypelma smithi is found.

Parque Natural de Guerrero is a natural reserve located in the central valleys of the state, extending for about eighty kilometers squared.

Guerrero is the number one producer of poppy flower in Mexico.

Tourism in Guerrero is important to the overall Mexican economy as well.

The state university is the Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, which was initially founded as the Instituto Literario de Alvarez in 1852 in Acapulco.

Guerrero has a number of radio stations, one television channel, which broadcasts from the capital, with the rest satellite TV.