Jesús María is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Mexican state
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of
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...
. It stands at . As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 99,590.
History
Geography
The municipality has an area of 499.18 km² (192.73 sq mi).
Major highways
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Mexican Federal Highway 70
Adjacent municipalities
*San José de Garcia Municipality (north)
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Pabellón de Arteaga Municipality
Pabellón de Arteaga is municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at in the central part of the state. The city of Pabellón de Arteaga (2010 population: 28,633) serves as its municipal seat. The municipality had a populatio ...
(north)
*
San Francisco de los Romo Municipality
San Francisco de los Romo is a municipality and city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The city of San Francisco de los Romo serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of San Francisco de los Romo.
It is located in the m ...
(east)
*
Aguascalientes Municipality
Aguascalientes is a municipality of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. Its municipal seat is the city of Aguascalientes, which is also the state capital. As of 2010, its population was 797,010, most of whom lived in the city of Aguascalientes. ...
(southeast)
*
Calvillo Municipality (west)
Demographics
As of 2010, the city of
Jesús María, the municipal seat, had a population of 43,012.
[ Other than the city of Jesús María, the municipality had 346 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Jesús Gómez Portugal (Margaritas) (11,589), Paseos de Aguascalientes (4,432), Arboledas Paso Blanco (3,313), Corral de Barrancos (3,158), El Llano (2,571), classified as urban, and Maravillas (2,208), Paso Blanco (1,709), Tepetates (1,683), General Ignacio Zaragoza (Venadero) (1,630), Paseos de las Haciendas (1,596), ]Valladolid
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(1,411), San Antonio de los Horcones (1,254), Los Arquitos (1,120), Miravalle (1,071), and Ejido la Guayana (Rancho Seco) (1,028), classified as rural.[
]
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
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(INEGI)
Aguascalientes
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Municipio de Jesús María
Official website
Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes
Official website of state of Aguascalientes
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