Ñuu Savi (Mixtec: "people of the rain"[4]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located 85 kilometres (53 mi) southeast of the state capital of Chilpancingo. Its creation from the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres was approved in 2021 and went into force on 21 May 2022.
Ñuu Savi | |
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  Ñuu Savi Location of Ñuu Savi  Ñuu Savi Ñuu Savi (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°56′45″N 99°00′29″W / 16.94583°N 99.00806°W[1] | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Guerrero |
| Incorporated | 21 May 2022 |
| Seat | Coapinola |
| Government | |
| • President | Donaciano Morales Porfirio |
| Area | |
• Total | 361.94 km2 (139.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] (of seat) | 944 m (3,097 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 11,099 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 387 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Postal codes | 39210–21219[3] |
| Area code | 745 |
Geography
editThe municipality of Ñuu Savi is located in the Costa Chica region of eastern Guerrero. It borders the municipalities of Acatepec to the north, San Luis Acatlán to the east, Cuautepec to the south, and Ayutla de los Libres to the west. The municipality covers an area of 361.94 square kilometres (139.75 sq mi).[2]
Ñuu Savi has a subhumid temperate climate with rain in the summer. Average temperatures range between 20 and 28 °C (68–82 °F), and average annual precipitation is between 1,300 and 2,000 millimetres (51–79 in).[5]
History
editCoapinola, the municipal seat of Ñuu Savi, is the oldest settlement in the area, and was once a centre of Mixtec local government.[6] The area fell under control of the Mexica Empire in 1487 and was incorporated into the province of Ayotlán (present-day Ayutla) on the border with Yopitzinco, the territory of the Yope people.[7][8]
The perpetual marginalization of the Mixtec inhabitants of Ayutla in the following centuries ultimately led to a political awakening and demands for indigenous self-government. This process began in the 1970s through the efforts of local activists such as Hilario Ramírez Morales, who was assassinated in 1981.[7] It gained momentum from the Zapatista uprising of 1994, which led to reprisals by the Mexican government, including incidents of forced sterilization,[9] and the massacre of eleven indigenous leaders in El Charco by the Mexican Army in 1998.[10][11] Security improved in the area after 2012, when the local community established its own self-defence group affiliated with the CRAC–PC.[9]
A further step toward self-government took place in 2018, when Ayutla became the first municipality in Guerrero to hold nonpartisan elections governed by customary law.[12] After more consultation with the local population, on 31 August 2021 the Guerrero state legislature approved the creation of the municipality of Ñuu Savi comprising the Mixtec communities of Ayutla de los Libres.[2] The state constitutional amendment establishing the municipality was passed on 13 January 2022 and went into force on 21 May 2022.[11][13]
Administration
editÑuu Savi will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2024. An interim administration was appointed in August 2023, led by municipal president Donaciano Morales Porfirio.[14] The municipal government of San Nicolás comprises a municipal president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and six trustees (regidores).[15]
Demographics
editIn the 2020 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Ñuu Savi recorded a population of 11,099 inhabitants.[2] The municipal seat of Coapinola recorded a population of 387 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.[1] The most populous localities in the municipality are Ahuacachahue and La Concordia, which recorded populations of 1505 and 1125 inhabitants respectively in the 2020 Census.[16][17]
Economy and infrastructure
editÑuu Savi is one of the poorest municipalities in Guerrero. It lacks a hospital, and only primary and telesecundaria schooling are available.[18] The local economy is based on subsistence agriculture: corn, beans and sugarcane are the main crops.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Coapinola, Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero (120120013)". México en Cifras (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "DECRETO NÚMERO 861 MEDIANTE EL CUAL SE CREA EL MUNICIPIO DE ÑUU SAVI, GUERRERO" (PDF) (in Spanish). Congress of Guerrero. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Consulta de Códigos Postales". Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales. Mexican Postal Service. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Andua u' (¿Quién es esa gente? Who are these people?)". San Diego State University. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero" (PDF). Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). INEGI. 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Betancourt Radilla, Rosendo; Tizapa Lucena, Emiliano (21 June 2022). "Del gobierno ñuu'savi prehispánico, la lucha por la educación bilingüe, al sistema propio de elección". El Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b Tapia Gómez, José Carmen; Días Vázquez, Rosalba (January–June 2021). "Hilario Ramírez Morales y la OEEM. Resistencia cultural mixteca en Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero" [Hilario Ramírez Morales and the OEEM. Mixteca Cultural Resistance in Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero]. Revista Iberoamericana de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas (in Spanish). 10 (19): 238–260. doi:10.23913/ricsh.v10i19.241. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Schmal, John P. "Indigenous Guerrero: A Remnant of the Aztec Empire". San Diego State University. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Sirenio Pioquinto, Kau (21 December 2015). "Indigenous peoples of Ayutla, dying of neglect". Translated by Noyes, Allana. MIRA. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Military Injustice". Human Rights Watch. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b Betancourt Radilla, Rosendo; Tizapa Lucena, Emiliano (27 June 2022). "Con la creación del nuevo municipio Ñuu' Savi se arranca el corazón del gobierno indígena en Ayutla". El Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Tabares Merino, Gema (July–December 2022). "Del H. Ayuntamiento a la Honorable Casa de los Pueblos: Concejo Municipal Comunitario de Ayutla de los Libres" [From the H. Townhall to the Honorable People’s House: Municipal Community Council of Ayutla de los Libres]. Alteridades (in Spanish). 32 (64): 59–70. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "DECRETO NÚMERO 161 POR EL QUE SE APRUEBA LA ADICIÓN DE LOS NUEVOS MUNICIPIOS DE SANTA CRUZ DEL RINCÓN, SAN NICOLÁS, ÑUU SAVI Y LAS VIGAS AL ARTÍCULO 27 DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DEL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE GUERRERO. EN EL LUGAR QUE CONFORME AL ORDEN ALFABÉTICO LES CORRESPONDE" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Estado de Guerrero (in Spanish). 20 May 2022. pp. 9–24. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "DESIGNA EL CONGRESO AL AYUNTAMIENTO INSTITUYENTE DEL NUEVO MUNICIPIO DE ÑUU SAVI". Congress of Guerrero (in Spanish). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Chávez, Lourdes (16 November 2023). "Aprueba IEPC composición de ayuntamientos, incluidos los cuatro nuevos municipios". El Sur (in Spanish). Chilpancingo. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Ahuacachahue (Ndog'yo Itún Tichi), Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero (120120003)". México en Cifras (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "La Concordia, Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero (120120015)". México en Cifras (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Se instala hoy el nuevo municipio Ñuu' Savi: "vamos a nacer como uno de los más pobres"". El Sur (in Spanish). 25 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.