Charcas
Municipality and town
Charcas is located in San Luis Potosí
Charcas
Charcas
Location in San Luis Potosí
Charcas is located in Mexico
Charcas
Charcas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 23°7′34″N 101°6′46″W / 23.12611°N 101.11278°W / 23.12611; -101.11278
Country Mexico
StateSan Luis Potosí
Elevation
2,219 m (7,280 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total14,117
  Density2,874/km2 (7,440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Charcas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.[1] The municipality covers an area of 4.911 km². As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 14,117 people.[2] Charcas is just south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to its elevation of 2,219 metres (7,280 ft), the climate is mild.

The town was founded in 1578 by Spanish conquistadors.

Government

Municipal presidents

Term Municipal president Political party Notes
1956-1958[3]José Rodríguez Álvarez y Nicolás ZupidoPRI
1959-1961J. Encarnación Martínez Nieves y Marcelo HernándezPRI
1962-1964Marcelo Hernández y Ponciano ZúñigaPRI
1965-1967Antonio Vidales GalvánPRI
1968-1970Pedro Cortés SalazarPRI
1971-1973Fausto R. Navarro AguilarPRI
1974-1976Juan Zúñiga DuquePRI
1977-1979Hipólito Revillas AguilarPRI
1980-1982Ignacio Lugo GuerreroPRI
1983-1985Armando Vigil RodríguezPRI
1986-1988Vicente Castro ValdésPRI
1989-1991Victorino Carranza GarcíaPRI
1992-1994Blanca Rosa Navarro GonzálezPRI
1995-1997Pedro Carlos Colunga GonzálezPRI
1997-2000Agustín Hernández MorenoPRI
2000-2003Pedro Carlos Colunga GonzálezPRI
2004-2006Humberto Quiroz LeijaPT
PCP
PC
2006-2009Rafael Silva BlancoPRI
Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina (PASC)
2009-2012Víctor Manuel Guevara CoronadoPAN
2012-2015Francisco Gutiérrez GarcíaPRI
PVEM
2015-2018Luis Armando Colunga GonzálezPRI
PVEM
Panal
2018-2021[4]Manuel López LaraPVEM
2021-2024[5][6]Marisol Nájera AlbaPT
PVEM

References

  1. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal https://web.archive.org/web/20070128021947/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sanluispotosi/. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Charcas". City Population. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de San Luis Potosí. Charcas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí. 2018. Concentrado de ganadores. Ayuntamientos. Charcas: PVEM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí, CEEPACSLP. Acta de cómputo municipal de la elección para el Ayuntamiento de Charcas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. "Resultados Elecciones 2021: Alianza PT-PVEM gana mayoría de municipios en SLP. Charcas → Marisol Nájera Alba". Alcaldes de México (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.


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