Santa Cruz del Rincón
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Santa Cruz del Rincón
Xkuaa | |
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  Santa Cruz del Rincón Location of Santa Cruz del Rincón  Santa Cruz del Rincón Santa Cruz del Rincón (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°59′45″N 98°44′10″W / 16.99583°N 98.73611°W[1] | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Guerrero |
| Incorporated | 21 May 2022 |
| Seat | Santa Cruz del Rincón |
| Government | |
| • President | Godofredo Avilés Mendoza |
| Area | |
• Total | 88.72 km2 (34.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] (of seat) | 606 m (1,988 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 6,851 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 1,677 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Postal codes | 41524–41527[3] |
| Area code | 757 |
Santa Cruz del Rincón (Me'phaa: Xkuaa, "flat place"[4]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of the state capital of Chilpancingo. Its creation from the municipality of Malinaltepec was approved in 2021 and went into force on 21 May 2022.
The municipality of Santa Cruz del Rincón is located at the headwaters of the Marquelia River in the transition zone between the Costa Chica and the Sierra Madre del Sur of eastern Guerrero.[4] It borders the municipalities of Malinaltepec to the north, Iliatenco to the northeast, and San Luis Acatlán to the south and west. The highest point of Santa Cruz del Rincón is its tripoint with Malinaltepec and Iliatenco at Cerro Ardilla, 1,763 metres (5,784 ft) above sea level.[5] The municipality covers an area of 89.55 square kilometres (34.58 sq mi).[2] Since 2011, 23.8 square kilometres (9.2 sq mi) of the part of the municipality east of the main north–south highway has been protected as a Voluntary Conservation Area.[6]
Santa Cruz del Rincón has a subhumid temperate climate with rain in the summer. Average temperatures range between 22 and 26 °C (72–79 °F).[7]
History
Due to a lack of basic infrastructure and services, Santa Cruz del Rincón and its surrounding communities had been demanding the creation of an independent municipal government since 1964.[8] On 31 August 2021, the Guerrero state congress approved the formation of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Rincón from nineteen localities previously belonging to Malinaltepec.[2] The state constitutional amendment establishing the municipality was passed on 13 January 2022 and went into force on 21 May 2022.[9]
Administration
Santa Cruz del Rincón will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2024. An interim administration was appointed in September 2023, led by municipal president Godofredo Avilés Mendoza.[10] The municipal government of Santa Cruz del Rincón consists of a municipal president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and six trustees (regidores).[11]
The CRAC–PC, a community self-defence group serving indigenous communities in eastern Guerrero, operates in the area.[4]