Aguascalientes Municipality

Aguascalientes
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Motto: Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus
Location of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes.
Coordinates: 21°53′N 102°18′W / 21.883°N 102.3°W / 21.883; -102.3Coordinates: 21°53′N 102°18′W / 21.883°N 102.3°W / 21.883; -102.3
Country	Mexico
State	Aguascalientes
Municipal seat	Aguascalientes
Largest city	Aguascalientes
Government
– Municipal president	Martín Orozco Sandoval ( PAN)
Area
– Total	1,178.85 km2 (455.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	797,010
– Density	676.1/km2 (1,751.1/sq mi)
	Data source: INEGI
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
INEGI code	001
Website	(Spanish) Municipio Virtual de Aguascalientes
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

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 2010, its population was 797,010, most of whom lived in the city of Aguascalientes.^[1]

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]

References

1. ^ (Spanish) Data, 2010 census, INEGI. Accessed on April 9, 2011.
2. ^ (Spanish) Aguascalientes, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 23, 2007.