Aguascalientes (municipality)
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Aguascalientes | |
— Municipality — | |
Motto: Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus | |
Location of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes. | |
Coordinates: | |
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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
- ^ (Spanish) Data, 2005 census, INEGI. Accessed on line November 22, 2007.
- ^ (Spanish) Aguascalientes, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 23, 2007.