Juan R. Escudero (municipality)

Juan R. Escudero
Municipality
The municipal seat of Tierra Colorada The municipal seat of Tierra Colorada
Municipality of Juan R. Escudero in Guerrero Municipality of Juan R. Escudero in Guerrero
Juan R. Escudero Location in Mexico
Coordinates:
Country	Mexico
State	Guerrero
Municipal seat	Tierra Colorada
Government
• Municipal President	Porfirio Muñoz Leyva (PRD)
Area
• Total	652.6 km2 (252.0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	22,805

Juan R. Escudero is one of the 81 municipalities of Guerrero, in south-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tierra Colorada. The municipality covers an area of 652.6 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,805.

Geography

Towns and villages

In 2005, the INEGI registered 33 localities in Juan R. Escudero. The largest are as follows:

Locality	Population
Total Municipio	22,805
Tierra Colorada	10,502
La Palma	1,579
San Juan del Reparo Sur	1,059
El Terrero	5,000
Chacalapa de Bravos	902
San Juan del Reparo	869

Administration

Municipal presidents

Municipal President	Period
Juvencio Espíritu Ramírez	(1969–1971)
Andrés Morales Santiago	(1972–1974)
Celestino Vela García	(1975–1977)
	(1978–1980)
	(1981–1983)
Rogelio Álvarez González	(1984–1986)
Arquímedes Meza García	(1987–1989)
Marcelino Arizmendi Flores	(1990–1993)
Alejandro Sánchez Rodríguez	(1993–1996)
José Jacobo Valle	(1996–1999)
Antelmo Bello Hernández	(1999–2002)
Ismael Pablo Avila Ramírez	(2002–2005)
Héctor Vela Carbajal	(2005–2008)