Chilpancingo
[key], city, capital of Guerrero state, S Mexico. Chilpancingo serves as
the regional center of agricultural industry, producing primarily corn and
bananas. Its full name, Chilpancingo de los Bravos, is in honor of its
heroes in the war against Spain—three brothers, of whom
Nicolás Bravo was most prominent. During the war, the Congress of
Chilpancingo, convened in 1813 by Morelos y Pavón, briefly
established a constitutional republic based on the reforms of Hidalgo y
Costilla.
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