Aguascalientes Municipality Explained

Aguascalientes
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Aguascalientes
Mapsize:150px
Motto:Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:797010
Population Note:Data source: INEGI
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:1178.85
Leader Title:Mayor
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Aguascalientes
Subdivision Type3:Largest city
Subdivision Name3:Aguascalientes
Blank Name:INEGI code
Blank Info:001
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:21.8833°N -120°W
Website: Municipio Virtual de Aguascalientes
Footnotes:Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Aguascalientes is a municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. Its municipal seat is the city of Aguascalientes, which is also the state capital. As of 2010, its population was 797,010, most of whom lived in the city of Aguascalientes.[1]

Geography

Aguascalientes is in the south of the valley that divides the state in two and borders the municipalities of El Llano, Jesús María, Calvillo, Asientos, and San Francisco de los Romo in the state, as well as the state of Jalisco to the south. Its area is 1,169 km2.[2]

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 797,010,[3]

As of 2010, the city of Aguascalientes had a population of 722,250.[3] Other than the city of Aguascalientes, the municipality had 799 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Pocitos (5,169), Villa Licenciado Jesús Terán (Calvillito) (4,481), Norias de Ojocaliente (3,741), Norias del Paso Hondo (2,539), General José María Morelos y Pavón (Cañada Honda) (2,500), classified as urban, and Cartagena (2,496), Jaltomate (2,299), San Antonio de Peñuelas (2,147), San Sebastián (1,862), Peñuelas (El Cienegal) (1,670), El Refugio de Peñuelas (1,624), Montoro (Mesa del Salto) (1,574), La Loma de los Negritos (1,519), El Salto de los Salado (1,436), Arellano (1,382), San Ignacio (1,360), Cumbres III (1,337), Cotorina (Coyotes) (1,298), Lomas del Sur (1,207), Los Caños (1,150), and Centro de Arriba (El Taray) (1,064), classified as rural.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Data, 2010 census, INEGI. Accessed on April 9, 2011.
  2. Aguascalientes, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México , Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 23, 2007.
  3. Web site: Aguascalientes. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 17 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017015005/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=01&mun=001. dead.