Ixtapa
| Ixtapa | |
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.png) Municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in Guerrero |
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 Ixtapa
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| Coordinates: 17°38′12″N 101°33′05″W / 17.63667°N 101.55139°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Zihuatanejo de Azueta |
| Resort created | 1970s |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,992 |
| Website | http://www.ixtapa-zihuatanejo.gob.mx |
Ixtapa (Spanish pronunciation: [iks'tapa], Nahuatl pronunciation 
) is a city in the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) to the northwest of the municipal seat, Zihuatanejo, and some 245 km (152 mi) northwest of Acapulco.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the population of Ixtapa was 6,406.
Parts of the movie "Hot Pursuit" with John Cusack, Wendy Gazelle, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller and Ben Stiller (in his first starring role) were filmed in and around the area.
Ixtapa is a government-planned tourist resort that was begun in the early 1970s and constructed on what was once a coconut plantation and mangrove estuary.
In 1968, the Bank of Mexico created a special fund for the creation of new tourist destinations on the country's coastlines. The first two such destinations were Cancún, in the state of Quintana Roo, and Ixtapa, next to the town of Zihuatanejo. The development of Ixtapa was supported by a loan from the World Bank.
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