Aguascalientes (municipality)

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Aguascalientes
—  Municipality  —
Motto: Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus
Location of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes.
Location of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes.
Coordinates: 21°53′N 102°18′W / 21.883, -102.3
Country Mexico
State Aguascalientes
Municipal seat Aguascalientes
Largest city Aguascalientes
Government
 - Municipal president Martín Orozco Sandoval ( PAN)
Area
 - Total 1,168.72 km² (451.2 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 723,043
 - Density 618.7/km² (1,602.3/sq mi)
  Data source: INEGI
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
INEGI code 001
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
Website: (Spanish) Municipio Virtual de Aguascalientes

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 2005, its population was 723,043, most of whom lived in the city of Aguascalientes.[1]

[edit] Geography

Aguascalientes is in the south of the valley that divides the state in two and borders the municipalities of El Llano, Jesús María, Calvillo, Asientos, and San Francisco de los Romo in the state, as well as the state of Jalisco to the south. Its area is 1,169 km².[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Spanish) Data, 2005 census, INEGI. Accessed on line November 22, 2007.
  2. ^ (Spanish) Aguascalientes, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 23, 2007.