Chilapa de Álvarez, informally known as Chilapa, is a town located in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The town is located approximately 54 kilometers east of the state capital Chilpancingo.
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Chilapa is noted for its large Saturday tianguis, or Aztec market, and its crafts. Local culinary specialities of Chilapa include pozole, chalupas, pan de chilapa bread, and homemade mezcal. The municipal cathedral has a mechanical figurine of Juan Diego, who appears at a window in the cathedral spire and drops rose petals onto the plaza below.
Every August 15, a festival called Tigrada is held on the streets of Chilapa. It is linked to Mesoamerican mythology and is supposed to call on the Aztec god Tepēyōllōtl to bring rainfall and productive land.
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Towns around Chilapa de Álvarez
- Tixtla de Guerrero24 km W
- Chilpancingo35 km W
- Zumpango del Río38 km W
- Tlapa de Comonfort63 km E
- Ayutla de los Libres71 km S
- Ciudad de Huitzuco81 km N
- Iguala de la Independencia92 km NW
- Axochiapan110 km NE
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