page_title: Cuajinicuilapa
section_title: Geography and environment
hierarchical_section_title: Cuajinicuilapa / Geography and environment
caption_attribution_description: English: Bay at Punta Maldonado, Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero
context_page_description: Cuajinicuilapa is a town in Cuajinicuilapa Municipality in the Costa Chica region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. A low-lying area, it borders the Pacific Ocean and the state of Oaxaca. The municipality has the state's largest population of Afro-Mexicans with most of the population of this ethnicity. The town and municipality are highly socioeconomically marginalized and it is the poorest municipality of the state, with the economy dependent on livestock and fishing.
context_section_description: Cuajinicuilapa is in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero in the southeast of the state along the Pacific Ocean and the border of Oaxaca.
  The area is mostly rolling hills along with beaches on the coast. Near the Pacific Ocean and the Azoyú border in the northwest the land is flat, in the southeast it is semi-flat with gentle hills. There are very few significant elevations but they include El Borjo (85masl), Las Tablas (70masl), Pozas de Agua (85masl) and Piedra Parada (45masl) .
  The climate is semi moist and hot with average temperatures varying from 19C to 34C during the year. There is a defined rainy season from May to October.
  The most important river is the Santa Catarina, which enters the municipality from Ometepec. Here it joins with the Quetzala to empty into the Pacific at the Barra de Tecoanapa. In addition there are a number of streams such as La Zanja, Arriero, Las Playitas, Mataplátano, Cuaulote, Cortija, El Chorro, La Serpiente, Carrizo, Arroyo Viejo, Soledad, Tecoyame, La Presa, Fortuna and Samaritanes. There are some lagoons such as the Monte Alto, Portezuela and Albufera Salinitas.
  As the vicinity is placed in a subduction zone, it is prone to earthquakes (see: M5.2 earthquake near Cuajinicuilapa).
caption: Bay at Punta Maldonado
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