Alaquines is a municipality and town in the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

. It is 19 km away from Cárdenas.

Climate

History

Founded in 1616 with the old name of San José de los Montes Alaquines. It is home to a legend which tells of its saint's wish (Santo Entierro) stay in this colorful town.

Recently

The City of Alaquines agreed to fix the road from Alaquines to San Jose del Corito that will be completed in 2009.

Communities

The town's population is divided into 10 communities, which are listed as follows: # Colonia Indigena # Las Tuzas # Rancho de Pro # Los Morales # La Cañada # Martínez # Rancho Nuevo # Maldonado # Las Huertas # El Pasito de San Francisco # El Sabino # San José del Corito # San José de Palmas

Mayors of Alaquines

* Ignacio Federico Infante Martínez (1971–1973) * Pedro Rodarte Rodríguez (1974–1976) * Delfino Aguilar Reynaga (1977–1979) * Abdenago Chávez Mendiola (1980–1982) * Carlos Saldierna Vázquez (1983–1985) * Salomón Montalbán U. (1986–1988) * Tomás Aguilar I. (1992–1994) * Alberto Castillo P. (1995–1997) * Abdenango Chávez Mendiola (1997–2000) * Bonifacio Carreón Moctezuma (2000–2003) * J. Isabel Ruíz Cedillo (2004–2006) * María Leonides Secaida López (2006–2009) * Manuel Lara Barcenas (2009-2012) * Ciriaco Carreon Rucoba (2013-2016)

References

{{San Luis Potosí Populated places in San Luis Potosí