Agualeguas Municipality
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Agualeguas is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January 7, 1821, by the colonial government when Bro. Diego Velázquez declared it the village of "St. Nicholas of Gualeguas."
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Agualeguas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Nuevo León#Mexico
- Settlement.mapsize
- 100px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nuevo León
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aldo Castellanos Amaya
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,382
- Settlement.timezone
- CST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Mexico
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Nuevo León
- Capital
- Agualeguas
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Municipal Presidents of Agualeguas
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Agualeguas is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January 7, 1821, by the colonial government when Bro. Diego Velázquez declared it the village of "St. Nicholas of Gualeguas."
The municipality it's self has an area of 980.9 km2 and is located 180 meters above sea level. According to the 2020 census, the municipality has a population of 3,382 inhabitants, a decrease of 1.8% from its 3,443 inhabitants according to the 2010 census data.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agualeguas Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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