Zapotitlán de Vadillo is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, in
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
in central-western
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The municipality covers an area of 305.8 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,345.
The indigenous inhabitants of this area spoke the Zapoteco language of the western Otomi languages. During the colonial era it was part of the province of
Amula.
Government
The form of government is
democratic. The municipal president and the rest of the councilors with a relative majority, as well as those with proportional representation, are elected every three years by free and universal suffrage of citizens over 18 years of age in full exercise of their political rights.
Municipal presidents
References
Municipalities of Jalisco
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