Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of Cuauhtémoc, Colima.
The municipality of Cuauhtémoc covers a total surface area of 373.2 km2. In the 2005 INEGI Census, it reported a total population of 25,576 (down from 26,771 five year earlier), of whom 7,513 lived in the municipal seat.
The municipality was created on 15 January 1915. Its name honours the last tlatoani of the Aztec people, Cuauhtemoc.
Settlements in the municipality Locality Population Municipal total 25,576 Cuauhtémoc (municipal seat) 7,513 Quesería 8,133 El Trapiche 2,700 Alcaraces 1,800 Buenavista 1,200 All the municipality's other settlements have fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.
Government Municipal presidents Term Municipal presidentPolitical partyNotes1919 Luis Zamora Guízar 1920 Valentín Mendoza 1921 J. Jesús Curiel 1922 Toribio Rodríguez 1923 Filomeno Preciado 1924 Miguel Tejada Rosas 1925 Jesús Vizcaíno 1926 Miguel Tejada Rosas 1926 Rafael Curiel 1927 Francisco Velasco 1928-1929 Benito Tejeda Rosas 1930 Anastacio García PNR 1931 Heliodoro Bayardo PNR 1931 J. Trinidad Santa Ana PNR 1931 Raymundo Preciado PNR 1932 ?? PNR 1933-1934 Anastacio García PNR 1935 Amado Barbosa PNR 1935 Ildefonso González PNR 1936 J. Trinidad Santa Ana PNR 1937 Ramón Barbosa PNR 1937 Jesús Muñoz PNR 1938 Amado Barbosa PNR 1938 Leopoldo Heredia PRM 1939-1940 J. Concepción Meza PRM 1940 Rafael Curiel PRM 1941 Florencio Larios T. PRM 1942 Víctor González C. PRM 1943-1945 Rafael Curiel PRM 1946-1948 Francisco Velasco Galindo PRI 1949-1950 Porfirio González Curiel PRI 1951 Carlos Zamora Ceballos PRI 1951 Irineo González PRI 1952-1954 Rafael Tejada Ochoa PRI 1955 Vicente Silva Preciado PRI 1956-1958 José Preciado González PRI 1959-1961 Gabino Pinto Solís PRI 1962-1963 Jorge Velasco Márquez PRI 1964 José Tejada Velasco PRI 1965 David Díaz Romero PRI 1966-1967 Gonzalo Verduzco Curiel PRI 1968-1970 Valentín Santa Ana Ugarte PRI 1971 Rodolfo Núñez Silva PRI 1972-1973 Rafael Ávalos C. PRI 1974-1976 Vicente Silva Preciado PRI 1977-1979 Rodolfo González Rodríguez PRI 1980-1982 Librado Silva García PRI 1982 Lino Romero Velasco PRI 1983-1985 Alfredo Romero Velasco PRI 1986-1988 Epigmenio Plascencia Rangel PRI 1989-1991 L. Humberto Santa Ana Ugarte PRI 1992-1994 Ricardo Galindo Velasco PRI 1995-1997 Salvador Solís Aguirre PRI 1998-2000 José de Jesús Plascencia Herrera PRI 2000-2003 César Ceballos Gómez PRI 2003-2006 Salvador Solís Aguirre PRI 2006-2009 José Luis Aguirre Campos PRI PVEM Coalition "Alliance for Colima"15/10/2009-14/10/2012 José de Jesús Plascencia Herrera PRI 15/10/2012-14/10/2015 Indira Vizcaíno Silva PRD 15/10/2015-23/03/2018 Rafael Mendoza Godínez PAN He applied for temporary leave, to run for reelection24/03/2018-2018 Moisés Morán Gallegos PAN Acting municipal president2018-09/12/2020 Rafael Mendoza Godínez PAN He was reelected on 01/07/2018. Resumed. Applied for temporary leave again10/12/2020-14/01/2021 Julio Borjas Cárdenas PAN Acting municipal president 15/01/2021-14/10/2021 Rafael Mendoza Godínez PAN Resumed15/10/2021-14/10/2024 Gabriela Mejía Martínez PAN PRI PRD Coalition "It Goes for Colima"15/10/2024- María Guadalupe Solís Ramírez Morena PVEM PT
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