Delicias Municipality

Delicias
—  Municipality.  —
Coat of arms
Municipality of Delicias in Chihuahua
Delicias Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°11′N 105°28′W / 28.183°N 105.467°W / 28.183; -105.467Coordinates: 28°11′N 105°28′W / 28.183°N 105.467°W / 28.183; -105.467
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Delicias
Area
– Total	335.4 km2 (129.5 sq mi)
Population (2005)
– Total	127,211

Delicias is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Delicias. The municipality covers an area of 335.4 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 127,211 with 108,000 living in the city of Delicias.^[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

Name	Population
Delicias	108,187
Colonia Revolución	3,615
Miguel Hidalgo	3,017
Colonia Campesina	2,014
Colonia Terrazas	1,614
Colonia Nicolás Bravo	1,435
Colonia Abraham González	1,432
Total Municipality	127,211

Politics

Municipal presidents

• (1974 - 1976): Fernando Baeza Meléndez
• (1976 - 1977): Salvador Montelongo
• (1977 - 1980): Carlos Manuel Carrasco Chacón
• (1980 - 1983): Lorenzo Treviño de los Santos
• (1983 - 1986): Horacio González de las Casas
• (1986): Gabriel Baeza Vitolás
• (1986 - 1989): Jaime Ríos Velasco
• (1989 - 1990): Oscar Villalobos Chávez
• (1990 - 1992): Gloria Cervantes
• (1992 - 1995): Rogelio Bejarano
• (1995 - 1998): Rogelio Muñoz
• (1998 - 2001): Manuel Soltero Delgado
• (2001 - 2004): Héctor Baeza Terrazas
• (2004 - 2007): Guillermo Márquez Lizalde
• (2007 - 2010): Jesús Heberto Villalobos Maynez

References

1. ^ "Delicias". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08018a.htm. Retrieved August 22, 2008.