Tixtla

Tixtla
Municipal seat and city
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Coordinates: 17°34′N 99°24′W / 17.567°N 99.400°W / 17.567; -99.400
Country	Mexico
State	Guerrero
Municipality	Tixtla de Guerrero
Population  (2005)
• Total	21,720
Time zone	UTC-6 (Zona Centro)

Tixtla (formally, Tixtla de Guerrero) (Spanish: [ˈtiɣstla ðe ɣeˈreɾo], Nahuatl: [ˈtiʃt͡ɬa]) is a town and seat of the municipality of Tixtla de Guerrero in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The name is Nahuatl, and means either "maize dough" (masa) from textli; "our valley" from to ixtla; or "temple by the water" from teoixtlen'