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 ...

is a

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in North Central

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that is divided into eleven

municipalities 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 ...

. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Aguascalientes is the sixth least populous state with inhabitants and the fourth smallest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Aguascalientes are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917

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. Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution and the 2003 Municipal Law for the State of Aguascalientes. Every three years, citizens elect a

municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' (English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city ...

(Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

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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''). Title 9 of the Municipal Law provides for the establishment of unipersonal auxiliary authorities (''autoridades auxiliares'') to represent local communities in the municipalities. 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 is the state capital

, with 948,990 residents or approximately of the state population. The smallest municipality by population is San José de Gracia with 9,552 residents. The largest municipality by land area is also

which spans , and the smallest is Cosío which spans . The first municipality to incorporate was Asientos on and the newest municipality is

San Francisco de los Romo San Francisco de los Romo is a municipality and Settlement classification in Mexico, city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The city of San Francisco de los Romo serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipalities of Mexico, mun ...

which incorporated .

Municipalities

File:Palacio municipal de Aguascalientes - panoramio.jpg, alt=Aguascalientes City Hall,

is the capital of the state and largest municipality by population. File:Fachada_de_la_Parroquia_de_Jesús_Nazareno,_desde_la_plaza_de_Jesús_María,_Aguascalientes.jpg, alt=Parroquia de Jesús Nazareno, Jesús María, Jesús María is the second largest municipality by population. File:Presidencia_municipal_calvillo.png, alt=Calvillo City Call,

Calvillo Calvillo () is a city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The town serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Calvillo. Calvillo is the second most populated city in the state, surpassed in importance only by the capital ...

is the fourth largest municipality by population.

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