Álamos Municipality is a municipality in south-western Sonora, Mexico.[1] It includes the town of Álamos.

Álamos Municipality
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Country Mexico
StateSonora
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (No DST)

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

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Municipal presidents

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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

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  1. ^ "-". 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.
  2. ^ "Información sobre Álamos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Datos generales del municipio de Álamos, Sonora" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "INEGi. División municipal. En 2020, Sonora está dividido en 72 municipios. Álamos, 24,976". Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Municipio de Álamos, Sonora. Cronología de Presidentes Municipales, pp. 6-10" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. 766" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Álamos, Sonora, México". Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Designan a Everardo Enríquez alcalde interino de Álamos". La Verdad (in Spanish). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. ^ "¡Termina licencia! Víctor Balderrama regresa a la alcaldía de Álamos". Meganoticias (in Spanish). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Autoridades electas. Presidencia Municipal de Álamos. Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Elecciones Sonora. 2 de Junio de 2024. Municipio: Álamos" (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana. Sonora. Retrieved 25 October 2024.


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