Cihuatlán

Not to be confused with Cihuatán, Cihuatlán (Aztec Province), or Zihuatlan.

Cihuatlán is a coastal municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Its main city is also named Cihuatlán.

Cihuatlán
Municipality and town
Town square in Cihuatlán, showing church building and plaza
Coat of arms
Municipality location in Jalisco
Cihuatlán Location in Mexico Show map of Jalisco Cihuatlán Cihuatlán (Mexico) Show map of Mexico
Coordinates: 19°15′N 104°34′W / 19.250°N 104.567°W / 19.250; -104.567
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Area
• Total	713.70 km^2 (275.56 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	30,241
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (US Central))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central (US Central))

Etymology

The word Cihuatlán is compounded of two words of Nahuatl origin, a language spoken in central Mexico since the seventh century AD and the language of the Aztecs: Zihua, woman, and Tlán place; therefore in Cihuatlán means place of women.

History

 

Cihuatlán and the Marabasco river delta

The town was founded on the Marabasco River, and at the time of the Spanish conquest its population was about 500 women and only 20 men.^{[attribution needed]} The first Spanish expedition to the Jalisco coastal zone was led by Gonzalo de Sandoval.

By decree of the President of the Republic of Mexico, on December 16, 1825, the harbour Barra de Navidad was rebuilt in order to accommodate local and foreign trade.^{[attribution needed]}

Coat of arms

The Cihuatlán coat of arms is in a French style with cross-sectioning. In the upper left section is the image of a pre-Hispanic woman's head. In the upper right section is a ship sailing on the sea. In the bottom left section is a religious building and in the bottom right section, a view of a fertile valley.

Most important villages

• Cihuatlán, 15,697 inhabitants (2005)^{[attribution needed]}
• Melaque 6,379 inhabitants
• Barra de Navidad 3,386 inhabitants
• Jaluco 2,182 inhabitants
• Emiliano Zapata 1,589 inhabitants

Notable persons born in Cihuatlán

• Nestor Enrique Valencia Guerrero, June 9, 1965, grandson to former municipal president of Cihuatlán, Ramon Valencia Torres, Mayor and Councilmember of the City of Bell, California, USA. First Mayor in the United States that welcomed immigrant children from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, in 2014. Also, his civic actions for the City of Bell changed government transparency laws.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president	Term	Political party	Notes
Heliodoro Trujillo^[1]	1904-1911
Juan Murguía	1912
Hilarión Pardo	1913
J. Guadalupe Cárdenas	1919
Tomás Huerta	1920
Elías Salas	1921
Victoriano Bobadilla	1922
Tomás Huerta	1923
Marcelo García Araiza	1924
J. Natividad Arreola	1926
Domingo Rojas	1927
Calixto Castrejón G.	1928
Nazario Pineda	1929
Jesús Morett S.	1930	PNR
José Godoy Uribe	1931	PNR
Everardo Hurtado	1932	PNR
Jesús Morett	1933	PNR
Tomás Huerta	1934	PNR
Manuel González R.	1934	PNR
Amador Araiza	1935	PNR
Pedro García Araiza	1936	PNR
J. Guadalupe Cázares	1937	PNR
Pomposo Preciado	1938	PNR	Last one-year term
Ramón Valencia	1939-1940	PRM	First biennium
Luis Salaiza	1941-1942	PRM
Amador Araiza	1943-1944	PRM
Cosme Morán C.	1945-1946	PRM
Abel Ochoa Huerta	1947-1948	PRI
Cosme Morán C.	1949-1952	PRI
Pedro Corona	1953-1954	PRI
Juan Cárdenas R.	1955-1956	PRI
Alfonso Orozco	1957-1958	PRI	Last biennium
Rogelio Salas G.	1959-1961	PRI	First triennium
Cosme Morán C.	1962-1964	PRI
Telésforo Salas F.	1965-1967	PRI
Mariano Velasco	1968-1970	PRI
J. Jesús Morett M.	1971-1973	PRI
Manuel Muñoz C.	1974-1976	PRI
Vicente Morett M.	1977-1979	PRI
Salvador Figueroa B.	1980-1982	PRI
Alberto Macías Solís	1983	PRI
Maximino Oregón Hernández	1984-1985	PRI
José Antonio Morán Araiza	1986-1988	PRI
Vicente Barrientos Díaz	1989-1992	PRI
Arturo Salas Hernández	1992-1995	PRI
José Antonio Morán Araiza^[2]	1995-1997	PRI
Armando Zúñiga Cárdenas^[3]	01-01-1998–31-12-2000	PRI
Jesús Enrique Morett Mendoza^[4]	01-01-2001–31-12-2003	PRI
Martín Ortiz Quintero^[5]^[6]	01-01-2004–31-12-2006	PAN
Enrique González Gómez^[7]^[8]	01-01-2007–31-12-2009	PRI
Roberto Gallardo Ruiz	01-01-2010–30-09-2012	PAN
Jesús Huerta Aguilar^[9]	01-10-2012–30-09-2015	PAN
Fernando Martínez Guerrero^[10]	01-10-2015–31-03-2018	MC	He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection, which he got, after moving to PRD political party
Carlos Alfonso Rodarte Vázquez^[11]	01-04-2018–19-07-2018	MC	Acting municipal president
Fernando Martínez Guerrero^[12]	20-07-2018–30-09-2018	PRD	Resumed
Fernando Martínez Guerrero^[13]	01-10-2018–30-09-2021	PRD	He was reelected on 1 July 2018
Jorge Eliseo Salas Chávez^[14]	01-10-2021–	MC

See also

• Rudo y Cursi

References

1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Jalisco. Cihuatlán" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
2. "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco, CEEJ. Elección de munícipes, 1995. Cihuatlán. PRI: 3168 votos. PRD: 2797 votos. PAN: 2623 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
3. "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco, CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes de 1997. Cihuatlán. PRI: 4289 votos. PRD: 2916 votos. PAN: 1550 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
4. "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco, CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes de 12 de noviembre de 2000. Cihuatlán. PRI: 4400 votos. PAN: 4182 votos. PRD: 968 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
5. "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco, CEEJ. Integración de votos correspondientes a cada partido por municipio. Cihuatlán. PAN: 4394 votos. PRI: 3370 votos. PRD: 3095 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
6. "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco, CEEJ. Integración de Ayuntamientos 2003. Cihuatlán. Martín Ortiz Quintero, presidente municipal. Partido: PAN" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
7. "Resultado de los cómputos municipales, de 5 de julio de 2006. Cihuatlán. PRI: 4381 votos. PAN: 3118 votos. PRD-PT: 3053 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
8. "Resultados de las elecciones de 5 de julio de 2006. Cihuatlán. Enrique González Gómez, presidente municipal. Partido: PRI" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
9. "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jaliso, IEPC Jalisco. Anexo V. Cihuatlán" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
10. "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco, IEPC Jalisco. Resultados de las elecciones de 7 de junio de 2015. Anexo 5. Cihuatlán. Fernando Martínez Guerrero, presidente municipal. Partido: MC" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
11. "Alcalde y regidor de Cihuatlán pidieron licencia para ausentarse del cargo". Radio Costa (in Spanish). 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
12. "Alcalde de Cihuatlán presidió la primera sesión de ayuntamiento a su regreso". Radio Costa (in Spanish). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
13. "IEPC Jalisco. Proceso electoral 2018. Anexo 4. Cihuatlán. Integración del Ayuntamiento. Fernando Martínez Guerrero, presidente municipal. Partido: PRD" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
14. "Movimiento Ciudadano gana siete de nueve recuentos para presidencias municipales". UdgTV (in Spanish). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Coordinates: 19°15′N 104°34′W / 19.250°N 104.567°W / 19.250; -104.567