GUERRERO, ga-ra'ro, Mexico, a state bounded by the states of Michoacan, Morelos and Mexico on the north, Puebla on the north east% Oaxaca on the east and southeast, and by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest. Its area is given as 24,996 square miles. It is moun tainous throughout almost its entire extent, the northern section being occupied by the spurs of the ranges of Morelos and Mexico, and the southern by the Sierra Madre del Sur. Be tween these two sections runs the Mexcala or Balsas River, to which all the streams of the state are tributary. The principal lakes are Pazahualco, Chantengo, San Marcos and Nexpa. The Pacific Coast line is low and sandy, and has excellent harbors. The bay of Acapulco, the chief port, is deep and spacious. The mineral resources of the state have been as yet very im perfectly developed. Gold, silver, lead, mercury, iron, coal, sulphur, marble, granite, opals, to pazes, and diamonds are mentioned among its products. The climate is unhealthy. On the coast the heat (from 95° to 96.80° F.) and rain fall are both excessive; and in the belt above 6,500 feet, the cold is sometimes severe. Fevers,
leprosy and affections of the respiratory and digestive organs are the prevailing diseases. The annual value of the agricultural products is about $2,200,000, and the total value of live stock is estimated at $3,000,000. Manufactures are limited to sugar-cane products, mescal wine, palm-oil, cotton fabrics and leather. Plans for a number of railways have been made, but have not been carried out. There are, however, telegraph and telephone lines, and a few wagon roads. Steamers of the Pacific Mail and the Mexican International Company touch at Acapulco. The state is di vided into 14 districts: La Union, Mina, Alar con, Hidalgo, Alvarez, Zaragoza, Morelos, Abasolo, Allende, Tabares (chief town Acapulco de Juarez, with population of 5,780), Galena, Chilpancingo (principal town and cap ital of the state Chilpancingo de los Bravos, with population of 7,994), and Guerrero. Total population of the state in 1910; some what more than 620,000 in 1917 (est.).