| Allende Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1826 |
| Named For: | Ignacio Allende |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Valle de Allende |
| Seat1 Type: | Largest city |
| Seat1: | Valle de Allende |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 8,409 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2471.3 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal president |
| Leader Name: | Mauro Pablo Vázquez Ramírez |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 26.9333°N -129°W |
Allende Municipality (Spanish; Castilian: Municipio de Allende) is one of 67 municipalities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, located in the southeastern portion of the state. Valle de Allende is its municipal seat and largest city. Its main claim to fame is the 1969 fall of the Allende meteorite.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 8,409,[1] up from 8,263 as of 2005.
The municipality had 146 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Valle de Ignacio Allende (4,185), classified as urban, and Pueblito de Allende (1,381), classified as rural.[1]
| Name | Population (2005) | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 976 | ||
| 1 460 | ||
| 496 | ||
| 307 | ||
| Total Municipality | 8,263 |
| width=120px | Term | width=175px | Municipal president | width=40px | Political party | width=190px | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-1953[2] | Elio Aranda Caro | ||||||
| 1953-1956 | Guillermo Máynez A. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1956-1959 | Jesús José Jiménez G. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1959-1962 | Humberto Máynez B. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1962-1965 | Raúl Jaramillo G. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1965-1968 | Bonifacio Ávalos R. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1968-1971 | Heriberto Soto Rojas | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1971-1974 | Luis A. Ávalos R. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1974-1977 | Jesús Francisco Villanueva | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1977-1980 | Jesús Armendáriz A. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1980-1983 | Dionisio Hernández R. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1983-1986 | Amador Pichardo | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1986-1989 | J. Rosario Arroyo E. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1989-1992 | Antonio Peralta Salgado | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1992-1995 | Silvia E. Villanueva R. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1995-1998 | Guillermo Muñoz M. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 1998-2001 | Rosa Paula Mendoza V. | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 2001-2004 | Jesús Francisco Luján Vázquez | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | ||||
| 2004-2007 | José Luis Prieto Torres | ||||||
| 2007-2010 | Mauro Paulo Vázquez Ramírez | Institutional Revolutionary Party | |||||
| 2010-2013 | Jesús Horacio Soto Armendáriz | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI PVEM Panal | ||||
| 2013-2016 | Gilberto García Mendoza | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI PVEM Panal | ||||
| 2016-2018 | Ramón Eustacio Villegas Castro | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI PVEM Panal | ||||
| 2018-26/04/2021[3] | Blanca Jennyra Figueroa Chávez | National Action Party (Mexico) | She applied for temporary leave in order to seek reelection | ||||
| 27/04/2021-07/06/2021 | Débora Armendáriz | National Action Party (Mexico) | PAN MC | Acting municipal president | |||
| 08/06/2021-2021 | Blanca Jennyra Figueroa Chávez | National Action Party (Mexico) | PAN MC | She was defeated in the elections of 06/06/2021 when seeking reelection. Resumed office to conclude her triennium | |||
| 2021-[4] [5] | Jesús Horacio Soto Armendáriz | Institutional Revolutionary Party | PRI | He was elected on 06/06/2021 |