Toluca Municipality
Toluca | |
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| Toluca | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 19°36′35″N 99°03′36″W / 19.60972°N 99.06000°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | State of Mexico |
| Municipal seat | Toluca |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Juan Maccise Naime |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Toluca, is one of the 125 municipalities of the State of Mexico in Mexico, is also a capital city of the state and its surrounding municipality. The seat of the municipality is Toluca city.
The population of the municipality is 910,608 people.
History
[change | change source]The first City Hall Council was established on December 13, 1812; the municipality was formed on December 1814.
The Local Congress declared Toluca the Capital of the State of Mexico on 1830.
Geography
[change | change source]Toluca Municipality is located in the central area of the State of Mexico, 66 km away from Mexico City and therefore within the northern hemisphere at 19⁰ 04' north latitude and 99°31′ west longitude of the Greenwich meridian. Toluca city is the municipal seat.[1]
To the north of Toluca are Almoloya de Juárez, Temoaya and Otzolotepec. To the east of Toluca are Metepec, Lerma and Calimaya. To the south of Toluca are Tenango del Valle and Coatepec Harinas. To the west of Toluca is Zinacantepec.
Its territorial extension according to the IGECEM is 426.86 square kilometers (km2), corresponding to 1.90% of the state's surface. For the fulfillment of its political and administrative functions, the Municipal Ordinance 2022 indicates that the municipality has 85 territorial constituencies divided into 48 delegations, 37 subdelegations and 281 basic territorial units.
Protected areas
[change | change source]Government
[change | change source]| Mayor | Period |
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.svg){kind=logo} Juan Carlos Núñez Armas |
2000-2003 |
| Armando Enríquez Flores |
2003-2006 |
| Juan Rodolfo Sánchez Gómez |
2006-2009 |
   María Elena Barrera Tapia |
2009-2011 |
 Guillermo Legorreta Martínez |
2012 |
| Martha Hilda González Calderón |
2012-2014 |
| Braulio Antonio Álvarez Jasso |
2015 |
| Fernando Zamora Morales |
2016-2018 |
.svg){kind=logo} Juan Rodolfo Sánchez Gómez |
2018-2021 |
.svg){kind=logo} Raymundo Martínez Carbajal |
2021-2023 |
| Juan Maccise Naime |
2023-2024 |
Demography
[change | change source]| Settlement | Population |
| Total Municipality | 910,608 |
| Toluca | 467,712 |
| San Pablo Autopan | 30,531 |
| San José Guadalupe Otzacatipan | 29,847 |
| San Pedro Totoltepec | 19,052 |
| San Mateo Otzacatipan | 18,871 |
| San Andrés Cuexcontitlán | 14,687 |
| Santiago Tlacotepec | 13,561 |
| Cacalomacán | 11,414 |
| Calixtlahuaca | 8,394 |
| San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan | 8,103 |
| San Marcos Yachihuacaltepec | 5,173 |
| San Lorenzo Tepaltitlán | 427 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Toluca Municipality" (PDF). INEGI. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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Other websites
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