Municipality in Sonora, Mexico
Álamos Municipality is a municipality in south-western Sonora , Mexico .[ 1] It includes the town of Álamos .
It is one of the 72 municipalities of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the southeastern part of the state.[ 2] Its municipal seat is the Magical Town of Álamos. Other important localities are: San Bernardo, El Mocúzarit (Conicárit ), Los Tanques, among others.[ 3] There are also a number of communities with the presence of Guarijíos and Mayos indigenous peoples, such as Mesa Colorada, Guajaray, Bavícora, El Paso, and Basiroa.
It was decreed an independent municipality in 1813, at the same time as another large number of municipalities, in the first political division of Sonora as a state, through the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz . At that time the municipality ceased to be part of the province of Sinaloa. According to the Population and Housing Census 2020 carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the municipality has a total population of 24,976 inhabitants,[ 4] has an area of 6,426.22 km2 , being the sixth largest municipality in Sonora. Like most municipalities in the state, the name was given by its municipal seat. Its Gross Domestic Product per capita is US$6,800 and its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.7560.
Government
Municipal presidents
Term
Municipal president
Political party
Notes
1857–1858[ 5]
Bartolomé Eligio Almada Salido
One-year terms, up until 1925
1858–1859
Antonio Benigno Almada
1859–1860
Mateo Ortiz
1860–1861
Vicente Ortiz
1861–1862[ 6]
Francisco Obregón Gómez
1862–1863[ 7]
Ignacio de S. Palomares Campoy
1863–1864
Ignacio de S. Palomares Campoy
1864–1865
Carlos E. Gaxiola
1865–1866
Carlos E. Gaxiola
1866–1867
Ramón Salazar
1867–1868
Eugenio Ortiz
1868–1869
Manuel Moreno
1869–1870
Jesús Antonio Almada
1870–1871
Bartolomé Eligio Almada Salido
1871–1872
Quirino Corbalá
1872–1873
Severiano Talamante
1873–1874
Antonio Goycolea
1874–1875
Quirino Corbalá
1875–1876
Francisco Salido
1876–1877
Rafael Acuña
1877–1878
Quirino Corbalá
1878–1879
Quirino Corbalá
1879–1880
Quirino Corbalá
1880–1881
Quirino Corbalá
1881–1882
Tranquilino Otero
1882–1883
Quirino Corbalá
1883–1884
Quirino Corbalá
1884–1885
Quirino Corbalá
1885–1886
Antonio Goycolea
1886–1887
Quirino Corbalá
1887–1888
Quirino Corbalá
1888–1889
Ángel Almada
1889–1890
Quirino Corbalá
1890–1891
Pedro S. Salazar
1891–1892
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1892–1893
Quirino Corbalá
1893–1894
Quirino Corbalá
1894–1895
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1895–1896
Ángel Almada
1896–1897
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1897–1898
Manuel Salazar y Perrón
1898–1899
Ángel Almada
1899–1900
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1900–1901
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1901–1902
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1902–1903
Tranquilino Otero
1903–1904
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1904–1905
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1905–1906
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1906–1907
Pedro S. Salazar
1907–1908
Alfredo J. Almada
1908–1909
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1909–1910
Ignacio Lorenzo Almada
1910–1910
Alfredo J. Almada
When the Mexican Revolution broke out, this City Council was removed from office
1910–1911
Antonio Goycolea
1911–1911
Joaquín S. Urrea
The elections were annulled
1911–1912
Rómulo Salido
This City Council replaced the previous one after the cancellation of elections
1912–1912
Miguel C. Urrea
The elections were annulled
1912–1913
Antonio G. Ávila
This City Council replaced the previous one after the cancellation of elections
1913–1914
Alfonso Goycolea
1914–1915
Gabriel Rascón
1915–1916
Rómulo Salido
1916–1917
Enrique M. Rochín
1917–1918
Rudecindo Valenzuela
1918–1919
Ramón M. Salazar
1919–1920
José Tirado
1920–1921
Rudecindo Valenzuela
1921–1922
Carlos G. Salido
1922–1923
Ramón M. Salazar
1923–1924
Hilario Palomares
1924–1925
Leopoldo Acosta
End of one-year terms
1925–1927
Rafael S. Corbalá
First biennium
1927–1929
Miguel S. Urrea
1929–1931
Rudecindo Valenzuela
PNR
1931–1933
Luis Urrea
PNR
1933–1935
Jesús Peral
PNR
1935–17-08-1936
Manuel S. Corbalá
PNR
The Congress of the Union disappeared the Powers of the State of Sonora, and this City Council ceased its functions
18-08–1936-23-11-1936
Octaviano Carbajal
PNR
Acting municipal president
23-11-1936–23-02-1937
Carlos G. García
PNR
Acting municipal president
23-02-1937–15-09-1937
Alfonso Lara
PNR
Acting municipal president
1937–1939
José María Palomares
PNR
1939–1941
Carlos G. García
PRM
1941–1943
Leopoldo Acosta
PRM
Last biennium
1943–1946
Juan de Dios Urrea
PRM
First triennium
1946–1949
Marcelino Valenzuela
PRI
1949–1952
Martín B. Salido
PRI
1952–1955
Raymundo M. Robles
PRI
1955–1958[ 8] [ 9]
Maximiliano Couvillier Atondo
PRI
1958–1961[ 10]
Marcelino Valenzuela Bustillos
PRI
1961–1964
Lauro Franco Franco
PRI
1964–1967
Diódoro Valenzuela Piña
PRI
1967–1970
Baldomero Corral Álvarez
PRI
1970–1973
Rosendo Venegas Reyes
PRI
1973–1976
José Reyes Amarillas
PRI
1976–1979
José de Jesús Gil Vega
PRI
1979–1982
Darío Villarreal Valenzuela
PRI
1982–1985
Humberto R. Franco Terán
PRI
1985–1988
Miguel H. Ruiz Arzaga
PRI
1988–1991
Enrique Ibarra Álvarez
PRI
1991–1994
Jesús Baldomero Corral Valenzuela
PRI
1994–1997
Alfonso Valenzuela Salido
PRI
1997–2000
Humberto Arana Murillo
PRI
2000–2003
José de Jesús Carballo Mendívil
PRI
2003–2006
David Ramón Corral Valenzuela
PRI
16-09-2006–15-09-2009
Ruth Acuña Rascón
PRI
16-09-2009–15-09-2012
Joaquín Navarro Quijada
PAN
16-09-2012–15-09-2015
José Benjamín Anaya Rosas
PRI PVEM
16-09-2015–15-09-2018
Axel Omar Salas Hernández
PRI PVEM
16-09-2018–22-04-2021
Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas
PRI PVEM Panal
Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection in the elections of 06-06-2021
22-04-2021–15-06-2021[ 11]
Everardo Enríquez Parra
PRI PVEM Panal
Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". Acting municipal president
16-06-2021–15-09-2021[ 12]
Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas
PRI PVEM Panal
Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". Resumed office at the end of his temporary leave
16-09-2021–15-09-2024[ 13]
Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas
PAN PRI PRD
Coalition "It Goes for Sonora". He was reelected on 06-06-2021
16-09-2024–[ 14]
Samuel Borbón Lara
Morena PVEM PT Panal Sonora PES Sonora
References
^ "-" . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal . Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2010 .
^ "Información sobre Álamos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2021 .
^ "Datos generales del municipio de Álamos, Sonora" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2021 .
^ "INEGi. División municipal. En 2020, Sonora está dividido en 72 municipios. Álamos, 24,976" . Retrieved 25 September 2021 .
^ "Municipio de Álamos, Sonora. Cronología de Presidentes Municipales, pp. 6-10" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 .
^ Almada Bay, Ignacio. "De regidores porfiristas a presidentes de la República en el periodo revolucionario. Explorando el ascenso y la caída del "sonorismo" en: Historia Mexicana, vol. LX, núm. 2, octubre-diciembre, 2010, El Colegio de México, A.C., p. 742" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021 .
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^ "National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed). On the left column, please click on "Información Histórica". Then, from the drop-down menu, select "Presidentes Municipales". Search for the state or federal entity and then the desired municipality. Sonora. Álamos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2024 .
^ "Álamos, Sonora, México" . Retrieved 28 May 2021 .
^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de Sonora. Álamos" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2021 .
^ "Designan a Everardo Enríquez alcalde interino de Álamos" . La Verdad (in Spanish). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
^ "¡Termina licencia! Víctor Balderrama regresa a la alcaldía de Álamos" . Meganoticias (in Spanish). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
^ "Autoridades electas. Presidencia Municipal de Álamos. Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
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