Agualeguas is both a city and a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
located in the northeastern part of the state of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...
,
Mexico
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, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the
Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January 7, 1821, by the
colonial government when Bro. Diego Velázquez declared it the village of "St. Nicholas of Gualeguas."
The municipality has an area of 917.6 km
2 and is located 180 meters above sea level. According to the 2000 census, there are 4,492 inhabitants.
List of presidents of municipal of Agualeguas
*(1935 - 1936):
Oscar N. Escudero Gonzales
*(1989 - 1991):
Reynaldo Canales Vela
*(1992 - 1994):
Juan José Salinas García
*(1994 - 1997):
Elio Molina Salinas
*(1997 - 2000):
Vicente Canales Cantú
*(2000 - 2003):
Ignacio de Jesús Castellanos Ramos
*(2003 - 2006):
Vicente Canales Cantú
*(2006 - 2009):
José Israel González Rodríguez
*(2009 - 2012):
José Guadalupe García Garza
*(2012 - 2015):
José Israel González Rodríguez
*(2015 - 2018):
José Luis García Montemayor
*(2018 - 2021):
Ignacio Castellanos Amaya
See also
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Municipalities of Nuevo León
Nuevo León is a Administrative divisions of Mexico#States, state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 51 municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. According to the 2020 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, Mexican census, it is the States ...
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Nuevo León
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...
References
External links
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico:Agualeguas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon
Municipalities of Nuevo León
Populated places in Nuevo León
Populated places established in 1821