Zacatecas is a state in northern Mexico that is divided into 58 municipalities. According to the 2020 INEGI census, it is the state that has the 7th smallest population with inhabitants and the 8th largest by land area spanning .
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 , while Vetagrande is the smallest at . The two newest municipalities are Trancoso, created out of Guadalupe in 2000, and Santa María de la Paz, separated in 2005 from Teúl.
Municipalities
+ Name Municipal Seat Population(2020) Population(2010) Change Land area (km2) Population density (2020) Incorporation date km2 sq mi Apozol Apozol Apulco Apulco Atolinga San Cayetano Benito Juárez Florencia Calera Víctor Rosales Cañitas Cañitas de Felipe Pescador Chalchihuites Chalchihuites Concepción del Oro Concepción del Oro Cuauhtémoc San Pedro Piedra Gorda El PlateadoEl Plateado de Joaquín Amaro El Salvador El Salvador Fresnillo Fresnillo Genaro Codina Genaro Codina General Enrique Estrada General Enrique Estrada General Francisco R. Murguía Nieves General Pánfilo Natera General Pánfilo Natera Guadalupe Guadalupe Huanusco Huanusco Jalpa Jalpa Jerez Jerez de García Salinas Jiménez del Teul Jiménez del Teul Juan Aldama Juan Aldama JuchipilaJuchipila Loreto Loreto Luis MoyaLuis Moya Mazapil Mazapil Melchor OcampoMelchor Ocampo Mezquital del Oro Mezquital del Oro Miguel Auza Miguel Auza Momax Momax Monte Escobedo Monte Escobedo Morelos Morelos Moyahua Moyahua de Estrada Nochistlán Nochistlán de Mejía Noria de Ángeles Noria de Ángeles Ojocaliente Ojocaliente Pánuco Pánuco Pinos Pinos Río GrandeRío Grande Saín AltoSaín Alto Santa María de la PazSanta María de la Paz SombrereteSombrerete SusticacánSusticacán TabascoTabasco Tepechitlán Tepechitlán Tepetongo Tepetongo TeúlTeúl de González Ortega Tlaltenango Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román Trancoso Trancoso Trinidad García de la CadenaTrinidad García de la Cadena Valparaíso Valparaíso Vetagrande Vetagrande Villa de Cos Villa de Cos Villa García Villa García Villa González OrtegaVilla González Ortega Villa HidalgoVilla Hidalgo Villanueva Villanueva Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas — — Mexico — —
Defunct municipalities Sauceda, integrated into Vetagrande in 1918.
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