Municipalities of Zacatecas
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Zacatecas is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 58 municipalities.[1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the state that has the 7th smallest population with 1,622,138 inhabitants[1] and the 8th largest by land area spanning 75,275.3 square kilometres (29,064.0 sq mi).[2]
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Municipalities in Zacatecas are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[3] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[4] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.[5] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.[5]
The largest municipality by population in Zacatecas is Fresnillo, with 240,532 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Susticacán with 1,365 residents.[1] The largest municipality by area is the municipality of Mazapil which spans 12,143.26 km2 (4,688.54 sq mi), while Vetagrande is the smallest at 160.36 km2 (61.92 sq mi).[2] The two newest municipalities are Trancoso, created out of Guadalupe in 2000, and Santa María de la Paz, separated in 2005 from Teúl.
Municipalities
Summarize
Perspective
- Largest municipalities in Zacatecas by population
Fresnillo, Zacatecas' largest municipality by population
Guadalupe, the second largest municipality by population
Zacatecas, capital and third largest municipality
| Name | Municipal Seat | Population (2020)[1] |
Population (2010)[6] |
Change | Land area (km2) [2] | Population density (2020) | Incorporation date[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | |||||||
| Apozol | Apozol | 6,260 | 6,314 | −0.9% | 293.631 | 113.372 | 21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Apulco | Apulco | 4,942 | 5,005 | −1.3% | 203.03 | 78.39 | 24.3/km2 (63.0/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Atolinga | San Cayetano | 2,277 | 2,692 | −15.4% | 281.968 | 108.868 | 8.1/km2 (20.9/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Benito Juárez | Florencia | 4,493 | 4,372 | +2.8% | 329.698 | 127.297 | 13.6/km2 (35.3/sq mi) | November 14, 1964 |
| Calera | Víctor Rosales | 45,759 | 39,917 | +14.6% | 388.387 | 149.957 | 117.8/km2 (305.1/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Cañitas | Cañitas de Felipe Pescador | 8,255 | 8,239 | +0.2% | 450.52 | 173.95 | 18.3/km2 (47.5/sq mi) | November 19, 1958 |
| Chalchihuites | Chalchihuites | 10,086 | 10,565 | −4.5% | 903.025 | 348.660 | 11.2/km2 (28.9/sq mi) | 1825 |
| Concepción del Oro | Concepción del Oro | 12,115 | 12,803 | −5.4% | 2,423.522 | 935.727 | 5.0/km2 (12.9/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Cuauhtémoc[a] | San Pedro Piedra Gorda | 13,466 | 11,915 | +13.0% | 325.204 | 125.562 | 41.4/km2 (107.2/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| El Plateado | El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro | 1,579 | 1,609 | −1.9% | 354.501 | 136.874 | 4.5/km2 (11.5/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| El Salvador | El Salvador | 2,509 | 2,710 | −7.4% | 625.226 | 241.401 | 4.0/km2 (10.4/sq mi) | November 14, 1964 |
| Fresnillo | Fresnillo | 240,532 | 213,139 | +12.9% | 5,104.663 | 1,970.921 | 47.1/km2 (122.0/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Genaro Codina[b] | Genaro Codina | 8,168 | 8,104 | +0.8% | 796.786 | 307.641 | 10.3/km2 (26.6/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| General Enrique Estrada | General Enrique Estrada | 6,644 | 5,894 | +12.7% | 198.187 | 76.520 | 33.5/km2 (86.8/sq mi) | November 14, 1964 |
| General Francisco R. Murguía[c] | Nieves | 20,191 | 21,974 | −8.1% | 5,034.261 | 1,943.739 | 4.0/km2 (10.4/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| General Pánfilo Natera[d] | General Pánfilo Natera | 23,526 | 22,346 | +5.3% | 443.177 | 171.112 | 53.1/km2 (137.5/sq mi) | July 21, 1928[8] |
| Guadalupe | Guadalupe | 211,740 | 159,991 | +32.3% | 819.044 | 316.235 | 258.5/km2 (669.6/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Huanusco | Huanusco | 4,547 | 4,306 | +5.6% | 373.284 | 144.126 | 12.2/km2 (31.5/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Jalpa | Jalpa | 25,296 | 23,557 | +7.4% | 719.782 | 277.909 | 35.1/km2 (91.0/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Jerez | Jerez de García Salinas | 59,910 | 57,610 | +4.0% | 1,547.193 | 597.375 | 38.7/km2 (100.3/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Jiménez del Teul[e] | Jiménez del Teul | 4,465 | 4,584 | −2.6% | 1,204.779 | 465.168 | 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Juan Aldama[f] | Juan Aldama | 19,749 | 20,543 | −3.9% | 624.971 | 241.303 | 31.6/km2 (81.8/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Juchipila | Juchipila | 12,251 | 12,284 | −0.3% | 339.49 | 131.08 | 36.1/km2 (93.5/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Loreto[g] | Loreto | 53,709 | 48,365 | +11.0% | 430.213 | 166.106 | 124.8/km2 (323.3/sq mi) | October 7, 1931 |
| Luis Moya[h] | Luis Moya | 13,184 | 12,234 | +7.8% | 177.332 | 68.468 | 74.3/km2 (192.6/sq mi) | February 5, 1857 |
| Mazapil | Mazapil | 17,774 | 17,813 | −0.2% | 12,143.256 | 4,688.537 | 1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Melchor Ocampo[i] | Melchor Ocampo | 2,736 | 2,662 | +2.8% | 1,885.382 | 727.950 | 1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Mezquital del Oro | Mezquital del Oro | 2,451 | 2,584 | −5.1% | 487.82 | 188.35 | 5.0/km2 (13.0/sq mi) | 1825 |
| Miguel Auza[j] | Miguel Auza | 23,713 | 22,296 | +6.4% | 1,108.308 | 427.920 | 21.4/km2 (55.4/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Momax | Momax | 2,446 | 2,529 | −3.3% | 162.23 | 62.64 | 15.1/km2 (39.1/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Monte Escobedo | Monte Escobedo | 8,683 | 8,929 | −2.8% | 1,612.123 | 622.444 | 5.4/km2 (13.9/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Morelos[k] | Morelos | 13,207 | 11,493 | +14.9% | 181.363 | 70.025 | 72.8/km2 (188.6/sq mi) | February 8, 1869[9] |
| Moyahua | Moyahua de Estrada | 4,530 | 4,563 | −0.7% | 541.729 | 209.163 | 8.4/km2 (21.7/sq mi) | 1825 |
| Nochistlán | Nochistlán de Mejía | 27,945 | 27,932 | 0.0% | 880.01 | 339.77 | 31.8/km2 (82.2/sq mi) | 1825 |
| Noria de Ángeles[l] | Noria de Ángeles | 16,284 | 15,607 | +4.3% | 409.512 | 158.113 | 39.8/km2 (103.0/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Ojocaliente | Ojocaliente | 44,144 | 40,740 | +8.4% | 646.428 | 249.587 | 68.3/km2 (176.9/sq mi) | February 5, 1857 |
| Pánuco | Pánuco | 17,577 | 16,875 | +4.2% | 587.558 | 226.857 | 29.9/km2 (77.5/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Pinos | Pinos | 72,241 | 69,844 | +3.4% | 3,176.943 | 1,226.625 | 22.7/km2 (58.9/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Río Grande | Río Grande | 64,535 | 62,693 | +2.9% | 1,842.931 | 711.560 | 35.0/km2 (90.7/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Saín Alto | Saín Alto | 21,844 | 21,533 | +1.4% | 1,418.291 | 547.605 | 15.4/km2 (39.9/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Santa María de la Paz | Santa María de la Paz | 2,767 | 2,821 | −1.9% | 279.097 | 107.760 | 9.9/km2 (25.7/sq mi) | January 1, 2005 |
| Sombrerete | Sombrerete | 63,665 | 61,188 | +4.0% | 3,610.545 | 1,394.039 | 17.6/km2 (45.7/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Susticacán | Susticacán | 1,365 | 1,360 | +0.4% | 200.096 | 77.257 | 6.8/km2 (17.7/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Tabasco[m] | Tabasco | 16,588 | 15,656 | +6.0% | 411.261 | 158.789 | 40.3/km2 (104.5/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Tepechitlán | Tepechitlán | 8,321 | 8,215 | +1.3% | 545.888 | 210.769 | 15.2/km2 (39.5/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Tepetongo | Tepetongo | 6,490 | 7,090 | −8.5% | 726.362 | 280.450 | 8.9/km2 (23.1/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Teúl[n] | Teúl de González Ortega | 5,356 | 5,506 | −2.7% | 681.309 | 263.055 | 7.9/km2 (20.4/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Tlaltenango | Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román | 27,302 | 25,493 | +7.1% | 747.927 | 288.776 | 36.5/km2 (94.5/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Trancoso | Trancoso | 20,455 | 16,934 | +20.8% | 221.352 | 85.464 | 92.4/km2 (239.3/sq mi) | January 1, 2000 |
| Trinidad García de la Cadena[o] | Trinidad García de la Cadena | 3,362 | 3,013 | +11.6% | 307.943 | 118.897 | 10.9/km2 (28.3/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Valparaíso | Valparaíso | 32,461 | 33,323 | −2.6% | 5,722.465 | 2,209.456 | 5.7/km2 (14.7/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Vetagrande | Vetagrande | 10,276 | 9,353 | +9.9% | 160.362 | 61.916 | 64.1/km2 (166.0/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Villa de Cos[p] | Villa de Cos | 34,623 | 34,328 | +0.9% | 6,593.771 | 2,545.869 | 5.3/km2 (13.6/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
| Villa García | Villa García | 19,525 | 18,269 | +6.9% | 342.621 | 132.287 | 57.0/km2 (147.6/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Villa González Ortega[q] | Villa González Ortega | 13,208 | 12,893 | +2.4% | 433.025 | 167.192 | 30.5/km2 (79.0/sq mi) | July 19, 1890 |
| Villa Hidalgo[r] | Villa Hidalgo | 19,446 | 18,490 | +5.2% | 376.31 | 145.29 | 51.7/km2 (133.8/sq mi) | August 19, 1916 |
| Villanueva | Villanueva | 31,558 | 29,395 | +7.4% | 2,184.719 | 843.525 | 14.4/km2 (37.4/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Zacatecas | Zacatecas† | 149,607 | 138,176 | +8.3% | 442.612 | 170.893 | 338.0/km2 (875.4/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
| Zacatecas | — | 1,622,138 | 1,490,668 | +8.8% | 75,275.3 | 29,064.0 | 21.5/km2 (55.8/sq mi) | — |
| Mexico | — | 126,014,024 | 112,336,538 | +12.2% | 1,960,646.7 | 757,009.9 | 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) | — |
Defunct municipalities
- Sauceda, integrated into Vetagrande in 1918.
Notes
- Cuauhtémoc was originally incorporated as San Pedro Piedra Gorda, changing its name on January 4, 1950.[7]
- Genaro Codina was originally incorporated as San José de la Ysla, changing its name on December 31, 1957.[7]
- General Francisco R. Murguía was originally incorporated as Nieves, changing its name on November 14, 1964.[7]
- General Pánfilo Natera was originally incorporated as La Blanca, changing its name on March 15, 1964.[7]
- Jiménez del Teul was originally incorporated as San Andrés del Téul, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
- Juan Aldama was originally incorporated as San Juan del Mezquital, changing its name on April 24, 1935.[7]
- Loreto was originally incorporated as Bimbaletes, changing its name on October 3, 1956.[7]
- Luis Moya was originally incorporated as San Francisco de los Adames, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
- Melchor Ocampo was originally incorporated as San Pedro Ocampo, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
- Miguel Auza was originally incorporated as San Miguel del Mezquital, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
- Morelos was originally incorporated as Chupaderos, changing its name on May 5, 1894.[9]
- Noria de Ángeles was originally incorporated as Ángeles, changing its name on August 19, 1916.[7]
- Tabasco changed its name to Villa del Refujio from 1916 to 1938.[7]
- Melchor Ocampo was originally incorporated as San Juan del Téul, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
- Trinidad García de la Cardena was originally incorporated as Estanzuela, changing its name on May 4, 1935.[7]
- Villa de Cos was originally incorporated as San Cosme, changing its name on July 27, 1845.[7]
- Villa González Ortega was originally incorporated as El Carro, changing its name on November 29, 1922.[7]
- Villa Hidalgo was originally incorporated as Santa Rita, changing its name on January 9, 1935.[7]
References
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