Aguascalientes (state)

Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes

Capital

Aguascalientes

surface

5,471 km² (rank 28 )

population

1,213,445 (Rank 27 )

Population density

222 inhabitants per km²
(2010 census)

governor

Martín Orozco Sandoval ( PAN )
(2016-2021)

Federal MPs

PRD = 1
PES = 1
PAN = 1
(3 federal constituencies)

Senators

PAN = 2
morena = 1

ISO 3166-2

MX-AGU

Postal abbreviation

Ags.

Website

www.aguascalientes.gob.mx

The federal state of Aguascalientes [ a.ɣwas.kaˈljen.tes ], officially Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( Spanish Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes ), is located in the north-central part of Mexico between Jalisco and Zacatecas . With 5,471 km² (1.2 million inhabitants) it is the fourth smallest Mexican state. The capital is Aguascalientes .

geography

The state of Aguascalientes is located in central Mexico, 480 km north of Mexico City between Zacatecas and Jalisco .

history

The area separated on May 23, 1835 from the state of Zacatecas , to which it had belonged since independence from Spain. As an independent state, it is set out in Article 43 of the 1857 Constitution.

Population development

year	Residents
1950	0226.965
1960	0243,363
1970	0338.142
1980	0519,439
1990	0719,659
1995	0862.720
2000	0944.285
2005	1,065,416
2010	1,184,996
2015	1,312,544

cities and communes

Aguascalientes is divided into eleven administrative districts ( Municipios ) with 2932 localities ( localidades ) (including 29 urban ones), which include rural communities ( pueblos ) and farms ( ranchos , haciendas ).

Borders of the Municipios in Aguascalientes

No.	Municipio (= administrative seat)	Pop.
001	Aguascalientes	797.010
002	Asientos	045,492
003	Calvillo	054,136
004	Cosío	015,042
005	Jesús María	099,590
006	Pabellón de Arteaga	041,862
007	Rincon de Romos	049,156
008	San Jose de Gracia	008,443
009	Tepezalá	019,668
010	El Llano	018,828
011	San Francisco de los Romo	035,769

The Municipios were named after their administrative seat (span. Cabecera municipal ). By far the most populous city in the state is the capital Aguascalientes. Other cities with at least ten thousand inhabitants are Calvillo , Jesús Gómez Portugal , Jesús María , Pabellón de Arteaga , Rincón de Romos and San Francisco de los Romo .