Municipalities of Zacatecas
Zacatecas is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 58 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the state that has the 7th smallest population with 1,622,138 inhabitants and the 8th largest by land area spanning 75,275.3 square kilometres (29,064.0 sq mi).
Municipalities in Zacatecas are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. 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). 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. 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.
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. 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). The two newest municipalities are Trancoso, created out of Guadalupe in 2000, and Santa María de la Paz, separated in 2005 from Teúl.
Municipalities
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Fresnillo, Zacatecas' largest municipality by population
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Guadalupe, the second largest municipality by population
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Zacatecas, capital and third largest municipality
Name | Municipal Seat | Population (2020) |
Population (2010) |
Change | Land area (km2) | Population density (2020) | Incorporation date | |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | General Pánfilo Natera | 23,526 | 22,346 | +5.3% | 443.177 | 171.112 | 53.1/km2 (137.5/sq mi) | July 21, 1928 |
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 | 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 | 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 | Loreto | 53,709 | 48,365 | +11.0% | 430.213 | 166.106 | 124.8/km2 (323.3/sq mi) | October 7, 1931 |
Luis Moya | 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 | 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 | 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 | Morelos | 13,207 | 11,493 | +14.9% | 181.363 | 70.025 | 72.8/km2 (188.6/sq mi) | February 8, 1869 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.