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{{Short description|List of municipalities of Aguascalientes}}
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[[Aguascalientes]] is a [[Administrative divisions of Mexico#States|state]] in North Central [[Mexico]] that is divided into eleven [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipalities]].<ref name="inegi20ags"/> According to the 2020 [[Censo General de Población y Vivienda|Mexican census]], Aguascalientes is the [[States of Mexico|sixth least populous state]] with {{nts|1425607}} inhabitants and the [[States of Mexico|fourth smallest by land area]] spanning {{convert|5630.27|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="inegi20ags"/><ref name="Landarea" />
[[Aguascalientes]] is a [[Administrative divisions of Mexico#States|state]] in North Central [[Mexico]] that is divided into eleven [[Municipalities of Mexico|municipalities]].<ref name="inegi20ags"/> According to the 2020 [[Censo General de Población y Vivienda|INEGI census]], Aguascalientes is the [[States of Mexico|sixth least populous state]] with {{nts|1425607}} inhabitants and the [[States of Mexico|fourth smallest by land area]] spanning {{convert|5630.27|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="inegi20ags"/><ref name="Landarea" />


Municipalities in Aguascalientes are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the [[1917 Constitution of Mexico]].<ref name="constitution">{{cite act |title=Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos |language=Spanish |date=1917 |article=115 |article-type=Article |url=https://www.juridicas.unam.mx/legislacion/ordenamiento/constitucion-politica-de-los-estados-unidos-mexicanos#10668 |access-date=September 27, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926165033/https://www.juridicas.unam.mx/legislacion/ordenamiento/constitucion-politica-de-los-estados-unidos-mexicanos#10668 |archive-date=September 26, 2017 }}</ref> Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution<ref>{{cite act |url=http://www.iea.gob.mx/webiea/inf_general/NORMATIVIDAD/1.%20CONSTITUCIONES/CONSTITUCI%C3%93N%20POL%C3%8DTICA%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20AGUASCALIENTES.pdf |title=Constitución Política del Estado de Aguascalientes |language=es |date=December 11, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> and the 2003 Municipal Law for the State of Aguascalientes.<ref name=munilaw>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Documentos/Estatal/Aguascalientes/Todos%20los%20Municipios/wo112806.pdf |title=Ley Municipal para el Estado de Aguascalientes |language=es |publisher=State of Aguascalientes |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a [[municipal president]] (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a [[plurality voting]] system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents.<ref name=munilaw/> The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos'').<ref>{{cite book |last=OECD |author-link=OECD |date=November 12, 2004 |title=New Forms of Governance for Economic Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBC7MYzs_woC&pg=PA121 |publisher=OECD Publishing |page=121 |isbn=9264015329 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042137/https://books.google.ca/books?id=tBC7MYzs_woC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 }}</ref> Title 9 of the Municipal Law provides for the establishment of unipersonal auxiliary authorities (''autoridades auxiliares'') to represent local communities in the municipalities.<ref name=munilaw/><ref>{{cite book |last=Polo Martínez |first=Humberto |date=November 2012 |title=Administración pública comunitaria y gobierno local en México: Las autoridades auxiliares municipales |language=es |publisher=National Institute of Public Administration |url=http://www.inap.mx/portal/images/pdf/book/67282.pdf |page=142 |isbn=978-607-9026-26-4 |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073150/http://www.inap.mx/portal/images/pdf/book/67282.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Municipalities in Aguascalientes are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the [[1917 Constitution of Mexico]].<ref name="constitution">{{cite act |title=Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos |language=Spanish |date=1917 |article=115 |article-type=Article |url=https://www.juridicas.unam.mx/legislacion/ordenamiento/constitucion-politica-de-los-estados-unidos-mexicanos#10668 |access-date=September 27, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926165033/https://www.juridicas.unam.mx/legislacion/ordenamiento/constitucion-politica-de-los-estados-unidos-mexicanos#10668 |archive-date=September 26, 2017 }}</ref> Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution<ref>{{cite act |url=http://www.iea.gob.mx/webiea/inf_general/NORMATIVIDAD/1.%20CONSTITUCIONES/CONSTITUCI%C3%93N%20POL%C3%8DTICA%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20AGUASCALIENTES.pdf |title=Constitución Política del Estado de Aguascalientes |language=es |date=December 11, 2017 |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> and the 2003 Municipal Law for the State of Aguascalientes.<ref name=munilaw>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Documentos/Estatal/Aguascalientes/Todos%20los%20Municipios/wo112806.pdf |title=Ley Municipal para el Estado de Aguascalientes |language=es |publisher=State of Aguascalientes |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a [[municipal president]] (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a [[plurality voting]] system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents.<ref name=munilaw/> The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos'').<ref>{{cite book |last=OECD |author-link=OECD |date=November 12, 2004 |title=New Forms of Governance for Economic Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBC7MYzs_woC&pg=PA121 |publisher=OECD Publishing |page=121 |isbn=9264015329 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042137/https://books.google.ca/books?id=tBC7MYzs_woC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 }}</ref> Title 9 of the Municipal Law provides for the establishment of unipersonal auxiliary authorities (''autoridades auxiliares'') to represent local communities in the municipalities.<ref name=munilaw/><ref>{{cite book |last=Polo Martínez |first=Humberto |date=November 2012 |title=Administración pública comunitaria y gobierno local en México: Las autoridades auxiliares municipales |language=es |publisher=National Institute of Public Administration |url=http://www.inap.mx/portal/images/pdf/book/67282.pdf |page=142 |isbn=978-607-9026-26-4 |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073150/http://www.inap.mx/portal/images/pdf/book/67282.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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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.<ref name="Mexicolaws">{{cite book |last= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENsRpYrGTOQC |title=Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook |date=2009 |publisher=International Business Publications |isbn=978-1-4330-7030-3 |page=42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050906/https://books.google.ca/books?id=ENsRpYrGTOQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 tax]]es and [[user fee]]s, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />
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.<ref name="Mexicolaws">{{cite book |last= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENsRpYrGTOQC |title=Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook |date=2009 |publisher=International Business Publications |isbn=978-1-4330-7030-3 |page=42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050906/https://books.google.ca/books?id=ENsRpYrGTOQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 tax]]es and [[user fee]]s, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />


The largest municipality by population is the state capital [[Aguascalientes Municipality|Aguascalientes]], with 948,990 residents or approximately {{percentage|948990|1425607|1}} of the state population.<ref name="inegi20ags"/> The smallest municipality by population is [[San José de Gracia Municipality|San José de Gracia]] with 9,552 residents.<ref name="inegi20ags"/> The largest municipality by land area is also [[Aguascalientes Municipality|Aguascalientes]] which spans {{convert|1181.240|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}, and the smallest is [[Cosío Municipality|Cosío]] which spans {{convert|130.069|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Landarea /> The first municipality to incorporate was [[Asientos Municipality|Asientos]] on {{dts|January 1, 1797}}  and the newest municipality is [[San Francisco de los Romo]] which incorporated {{dts|March 1, 1992}}.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />
The largest municipality by population is the state capital [[Aguascalientes Municipality|Aguascalientes]], with 948,990 residents or approximately {{percentage|948990|1425607|1}} of the state population.<ref name="inegi20ags"/> The smallest municipality by population is [[San José de Gracia Municipality|San José de Gracia]] with 9,552 residents.<ref name="inegi20ags"/> The largest municipality by land area is also [[Aguascalientes Municipality|Aguascalientes]] which spans {{convert|1181.240|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}, and the smallest is [[Cosío Municipality|Cosío]] which spans {{convert|130.069|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Landarea /> The first municipality to incorporate was [[Asientos Municipality|Asientos]] on {{dts|January 1, 1797}}, and the newest municipality is [[San Francisco de los Romo]] which incorporated {{dts|March 1, 1992}}.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />


==Municipalities==
==Municipalities==

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Aguascalientes is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into eleven municipalities.[1] According to the 2020 INEGI census, Aguascalientes is the sixth least populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the fourth smallest by land area spanning Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2]

Municipalities in Aguascalientes are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[3] Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution[4] and the 2003 Municipal Law for the State of Aguascalientes.[5] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents.[5] The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[6] Title 9 of the Municipal Law provides for the establishment of unipersonal auxiliary authorities (autoridades auxiliares) to represent local communities in the municipalities.[5][7]

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.[8] 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.[8]

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