Back Liste der Municipios in Morelos German Listo de komunumoj en Morelos Esperanto Anexo:Municipios de Morelos Spanish Liste des municipalités du Morelos French Lijst van gemeenten van Morelos Dutch Liste over kommuner i delstaten Morelos NB Lista gmin w stanie Morelos Polish Lista de municípios de Morelos Portuguese Муниципалитеты Морелоса Russian Municipalities o Morelos SCO

Municipalities of Morelos

Map of Mexico with Morelos highlighted
Map of Mexico with Morelos highlighted
Municipalities of Morelos in 2010
Municipalities of Morelos in 2010

Morelos is a state in South Central Mexico that is currently divided into 36 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the twenty-third most populated state with 1,971,520 inhabitants and the third smallest by land area spanning 4,878.9 square kilometres (1,883.8 sq mi).[1][2]

Municipalities in Morelos are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[3] 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 public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[4] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.[5] 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.[5]

The largest municipality by population is Cuernavaca, with 378,476 residents (19.19% of the state population), while the smallest is Tetecala, with 7,617 residents.[1] The largest municipality by land area is Tlaquiltenango, which spans 543.90 km2 (210.00 sq mi), and the smallest is Hueyapan, with 19.20 km2 (7.41 sq mi).[2] The creation of the four newest municipalities (Coatetelco, Xoxocotla, Hueyapan and Tetelcingo) was approved on November 9, 2017, by the state legislature and became effective on January 1, 2019.[6] However, due to objections by authorities in Cuautla, it was decided on July 26, 2018, that Tetelcingo would not be created.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 – SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "México en cifras – Medio Ambiente" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Article 115) (in Spanish). 1917. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ OECD (November 12, 2004). New Forms of Governance for Economic Development. OECD Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9264015329.
  5. ^ a b Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. International Business Publications. 2009. p. 42. ISBN 9781433070303.
  6. ^ "Habrá a partir de 2019 4 municipios indígenas en Morelos". Diario de Morelos (in Spanish). November 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Sólo aprobaron a tres nuevos municipios indígenas" (in Spanish). La Jornada Morelos. July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  8. ^ "Sólo son tres los nuevos municipios indígenas en Morelos" (in Spanish). En Serio Noticias. July 26, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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