Agualeguas is both a city and a
municipality
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located in the northeastern part of the state of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
,
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 because that was the date that Bro. Diego Velázquez declared it the village of "St. Nicholas of Gualeguas." This perpetuates the "pristine myth" of the Americas that the land was a clean slate with no peoples living on it. It creates the notion that the Gualegua did not have complex and organized societies with connections to the land. This is incorrect with the primary evidence that Bro. Velázquez used the name Gualeguas when referring to the village he claimed to create.
The municipality has an area of 917.6 km² and is located 180 meters above sea level. According to the 2000 census, there are 4,492 inhabitants. The current residents are mostly of Gualegua heritage, but many are not counted as such in the census.
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 Mexican Census, it is the States of Mexico, seventh most populated state ...
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Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
References
Ostia chaval edite uicipedia
External links
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico:Agualeguas
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Municipalities of Nuevo León
Populated places in Nuevo León
Populated places established in 1821