Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Colima

Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of Cuauhtémoc, Colima.

Cuauhtémoc
Municipality
Coat of arms of Cuauhtémoc
Coat of arms
Municipality of Cuauhtémoc in the state of Colima
Municipality of Cuauhtémoc in the state of Colima
Cuauhtémoc is located in Mexico
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°19′41″N 103°36′10″W
Country Mexico
StateColima
Municipal seatCuauhtémoc, Col.
Municipality created15 January 1915
Area
 • Total373.2 km2 (144.1 sq mi)
Elevation
940 m (3,080 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total25,576
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Postal code
28500
Area code312

The municipality of Cuauhtémoc covers a total surface area of 373.2 km². In the 2005 INEGI Census, it reported a total population of 25,576 (down from 26,771 five year earlier), of whom 7,513 lived in the municipal seat.

The municipality was created on 15 January 1915. Its name honours the last tlatoani of the Aztec people, Cuauhtemoc.

Settlements in the municipality
LocalityPopulation
Municipal total25,576
Cuauhtémoc (municipal seat)7,513
Quesería8,133
El Trapiche2,700
Alcaraces1,800
Buenavista1,200

All the municipality's other settlements have fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.

Government

Municipal presidents
Term Municipal president Political party Notes
1919[1]Luis Zamora Guízar
1920Valentín Mendoza
1921J. Jesús Curiel
1922Toribio Rodríguez
1923Filomeno Preciado
1924Miguel Tejada Rosas
1925Jesús Vizcaíno
1926Miguel Tejada Rosas
1926Rafael Curiel
1927Francisco Velasco
1928-1929Benito Tejeda Rosas
1930Anastacio GarcíaPNR
1931Heliodoro BayardoPNR
1931J. Trinidad Santa AnaPNR
1931Raymundo PreciadoPNR
1932??PNR
1933-1934Anastacio GarcíaPNR
1935Amado BarbosaPNR
1935Ildefonso GonzálezPNR
1936J. Trinidad Santa AnaPNR
1937Ramón BarbosaPNR
1937Jesús MuñozPNR
1938Amado BarbosaPNR
1938Leopoldo HerediaPRM
1939-1940J. Concepción MezaPRM
1940Rafael CurielPRM
1941Florencio Larios T.PRM
1942Víctor González C.PRM
1943-1945Rafael CurielPRM
1946-1948Francisco Velasco GalindoPRI
1949-1950Porfirio González CurielPRI
1951Carlos Zamora CeballosPRI
1951Irineo GonzálezPRI
1952-1954Rafael Tejada OchoaPRI
1955Vicente Silva PreciadoPRI
1956-1958José Preciado GonzálezPRI
1959-1961Gabino Pinto SolísPRI
1962-1963Jorge Velasco MárquezPRI
1964José Tejada VelascoPRI
1965David Díaz RomeroPRI
1966-1967Gonzalo Verduzco CurielPRI
1968-1970Valentín Santa Ana UgartePRI
1971Rodolfo Núñez SilvaPRI
1972-1973Rafael Ávalos C.PRI
1974-1976Vicente Silva PreciadoPRI
1977-1979Rodolfo González RodríguezPRI
1980-1982Librado Silva GarcíaPRI
1982Lino Romero VelascoPRI
1983-1985Alfredo Romero VelascoPRI
1986-1988Epigmenio Plascencia RangelPRI
1989-1991L. Humberto Santa Ana UgartePRI
1992-1994Ricardo Galindo VelascoPRI
1995-1997Salvador Solís AguirrePRI
1998-2000José de Jesús Plascencia HerreraPRI
2000-2003César Ceballos GómezPRI
2003-2006Salvador Solís AguirrePRI
2006-2009José Luis Aguirre CamposPRI
PVEM 		Coalition "Alliance for Colima"
15/10/2009-14/10/2012José de Jesús Plascencia HerreraPRI
15/10/2012-14/10/2015Indira Vizcaíno SilvaPRD
15/10/2015-23/03/2018[2]Rafael Mendoza GodínezPAN He applied for temporary leave, to run for reelection
24/03/2018-2018Moisés Morán GallegosPAN Acting municipal president
2018-09/12/2020[3]Rafael Mendoza GodínezPAN He was reelected on 01/07/2018. Resumed. Applied for temporary leave again
10/12/2020-14/01/2021Julio Borjas CárdenasPAN Acting municipal president
15/01/2021-14/10/2021Rafael Mendoza GodínezPAN Resumed
15/10/2021-14/10/2024[4]Gabriela Mejía MartínezPAN
PRI
PRD 		Coalition "It Goes for Colima"

References
  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Colima. Cuauhtémoc" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. "Aprueban por mayoría solicitud de licencia a Rafael Mendoza". Revista Territorio Turístico (in Spanish). 24 March 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. "Rafael Mendoza solicita licencia como presidente municipal de Cuauhtémoc". El Portal de Colima (in Spanish). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. "Instituto Electoral del Estado de Colima. Ayuntamientos-Municipios 2021. Detalle por Municipio. Cuauhtémoc, Colima" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2021.


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