Municipalities of Aguascalientes
Municipalities in Aguascalientes are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[3] Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution[4] and the 2003 Municipal Law for the State of Aguascalientes.[5] 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.[5] The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[6] Title 9 of the Municipal Law provides for the establishment of unipersonal auxiliary authorities (autoridades auxiliares) to represent local communities in the municipalities.[5][7]
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.[8] 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.[8]
The largest municipality by population is the state capital
Municipalities
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Aguascalientes is the capital of the state and largest municipality by population.
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Jesús María is the second largest municipality by population.
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Calvillo is the fourth largest municipality by population.
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Name | Municipal seat | Population (2020)[1] |
Population (2010)[10] |
Change | Land area[2] | Population density (2020) |
Incorporation date[9] | |
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km2 | sq mi | |||||||
Aguascalientes† | Aguascalientes
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948,990 | 797,010 | +19.1% | 1,181.24 | 456.08 | 803.4/km2 (2,080.8/sq mi) | January 17, 1825 |
Asientos
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Asientos
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51,536 | 45,492 | +13.3% | 549.15 | 212.03 | 93.8/km2 (243.1/sq mi) | January 1, 1797 |
Calvillo | Calvillo | 58,250 | 54,136 | +7.6% | 935.18 | 361.07 | 62.3/km2 (161.3/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
Cosío
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Cosío
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17,000 | 15,042 | +13.0% | 130.07 | 50.22 | 130.7/km2 (338.5/sq mi) | December 28, 1857 |
El Llano | Palo Alto | 20,853 | 18,828 | +10.8% | 511.52 | 197.50 | 40.8/km2 (105.6/sq mi) | March 1, 1992 |
Jesús María | Jesús María | 129,929 | 99,590 | +30.5% | 506.45 | 195.54 | 256.5/km2 (664.5/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
Pabellón de Arteaga | Pabellón de Arteaga | 47,646 | 41,862 | +13.8% | 198.44 | 76.62 | 240.1/km2 (621.9/sq mi) | May 9, 1965 |
Rincón de Romos
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Rincón de Romos | 57,369 | 49,156 | +16.7% | 377.17 | 145.63 | 152.1/km2 (393.9/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
San Francisco de los Romo
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San Francisco de los Romo | 61,997 | 35,769 | +73.3% | 139.45 | 53.84 | 444.6/km2 (1,151.4/sq mi) | March 1, 1992 |
San José de Gracia
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San José de Gracia | 9,552 | 8,443 | +13.1% | 868.93 | 335.50 | 11.0/km2 (28.5/sq mi) | October 29, 1833 |
Tepezalá
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Tepezalá | 22,485 | 19,668 | +14.3% | 232.66 | 89.83 | 96.6/km2 (250.3/sq mi) | December 28, 1857 |
Aguascalientes | — | 1,425,607 | 1,184,996 | +20.3% | 5,630.27 | 2,173.86 | 253.2/km2 (655.8/sq mi) | — |
Mexico[11][12] | — | 126,014,024 | 112,336,538 | +12.2% | 1,972,550 | 761,606 | 63.9/km2 (165.5/sq mi) | — |
References
- ^ INEGI. 2020. pp. 1–4. Archivedfrom the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Unidad de Microrregiones Cédulas de Información Municipal (SCIM)" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos". Article 115, Act of 1917 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Constitución Política del Estado de Aguascalientes". Act of December 11, 2017 (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ley Municipal para el Estado de Aguascalientes" (PDF) (in Spanish). State of Aguascalientes. January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ISBN 9264015329. Archivedfrom the original on December 1, 2017.
- ISBN 978-607-9026-26-4. Archived from the original(PDF) on January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3. Archivedfrom the original on July 29, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 970-13-1491-3. Archived(PDF) from the original on January 4, 2018.
- ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Población" (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Censo Población y Vivienda 2020". www.inegi.org.mx. INEGI. Retrieved January 26, 2021.