Municipalities of Guanajuato

Map of Mexico with Guanajuato highlighted

The Mexican state of Guanajuato is divided into 46 municipalities (municipios).

Municipalities in Guanajuato are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. 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. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. 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.

INEGI code	Municipality	Municipal Seat	Region	Population.	HDI
001	Abasolo	Abasolo	Region VI	77,094	0.630
002	Acámbaro	Acámbaro	Region VIII	101,762	0.689
003	Allende	San Miguel de Allende	Region II	139,297	0.669
004	Apaseo el Alto	Apaseo el Alto	Region V	57,942	0.660
005	Apaseo el Grande	Apaseo el Grande	Region V	73,863	0.681
006	Atarjea	Atarjea	Region I	5,035	0.587
007	Celaya	Celaya	Region V	415,869	0.765
008	Manuel Doblado	Ciudad Manuel Doblado	Region IV	34,313	0.620
009	Comonfort	Comonfort	Region V	70,189	0.669
010	Coroneo	Coroneo	Region VIII	10,972	0.642
011	Cortazar	Cortázar	Region V	83,175	0.698
012	Cuerámaro	Cuerámaro	Region VI	23,960	0.656
013	Doctor Mora	Doctor Mora	Region I	21,304	0.640
014	Dolores Hidalgo	Dolores Hidalgo, Cuna de la Independencia Nacional	Region II	134,641	0.639
015	Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Region IV	153,364	0.774
016	Huanímaro	Huanímaro	Region VI	18,456	0.654
017	Irapuato	Irapuato	Region VI	463,103	0.744
018	Jaral del Progreso	Jaral del Progreso	Region VII	31,780	0.697
019	Jerécuaro	Jerécuaro	Region VIII	46,137	0.621
020	León	León	Region III	1,278,087	0.748
021	Moroleón	Moroleón	Region VII	46,751	0.722
022	Ocampo	Ocampo	Region II	20,579	0.607
023	Pénjamo	Pénjamo	Region VI	138,157	0.652
024	Pueblo Nuevo	Pueblo Nuevo	Region VI	5,790	0.656
025	Purísima del Rincón	Purísima de Bustos	Region IV	55,910	0.657
026	Romita	Romita	Region IV	50,580	0.633
027	Salamanca	Salamanca	Region VII	233,253	0.741
028	Salvatierra	Salvatierra	Region VIII	92,411	0.670
029	San Diego de la Unión	San Diego de la Unión	Region II	34,401	0.597
030	San Felipe	San Felipe	Region II	95,896	0.610
031	San Francisco del Rincón	San Francisco del Rincón	Region IV	103,127	0.687
032	San José Iturbide	San José Iturbide	Region I	59,127	0.699
033	San Luis de la Paz	San Luis de la Paz	Region I	101,370	0.650
034	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	Region I	4,554	0.621
035	Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas	Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas	Region V	70,323	0.640
036	Santiago Maravatío	Santiago Maravatío	Region VIII	6,389	0.664
037	Silao	Silao	Region IV	147,123	0.668
038	Tarandacuao	Tarandacuao	Region VIII	10,252	0.668
039	Tarimoro	Tarimoro	Region VIII	33,104	0.645
040	Tierra Blanca	Tierra Blanca	Region I	16,136	0.633
041	Uriangato	Uriangato	Region VII	53,077	0.696
042	Valle de Santiago	Valle de Santiago	Region VII	127,945	0.662
043	Victoria	Victoria	Region I	19,112	0.614
044	Villagrán	Villagrán	Region V	49,563	0.707
045	Xichú	Xichú	Region I	10,592	0.582
046	Yuriria	Yuriria	Region VII	63,447	0.670

References

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (ed.): «Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER)» (2005).