Charcas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers an area of 4.911 km2. As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 14,117 people. Charcas is just south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to its elevation of , the climate is mild.
The town was founded in 1578 by Spanish conquistadors.
Government Municipal presidents Term Municipal presidentPolitical partyNotes1956–1958 José Rodríguez Álvarez and Nicolás Zupido PRI 1959–1961 J. Encarnación Martínez Nieves and Marcelo Hernández PRI 1962–1964 Marcelo Hernández and Ponciano Zúñiga PRI 1965–1967 Antonio Vidales Galván PRI 1968–1970 Pedro Cortés Salazar PRI 1971–1973 Fausto R. Navarro Aguilar PRI 1974–1976 Juan Zúñiga Duque PRI 1977–1979 Hipólito Revillas Aguilar PRI 1980–1982 Ignacio Lugo Guerrero PRI 1983–1985 Armando Vigil Rodríguez PRI 1986–1988 Vicente Castro Valdés PRI 1989–1991 Victorino Carranza García PRI 1992–1994 Blanca Rosa Navarro González PRI 1995–1997 Pedro Carlos Colunga González PRI 1997–2000 Agustín Hernández Moreno PRI 2000–2003 Pedro Carlos Colunga GonzálezPRI 2004–2006 Humberto Quiroz Leija PT PCP PC 2006–2009 Rafael Silva Blanco PRI Partido Alternativa Socialdemócrata y Campesina (PASC) 2009–2012 Víctor Manuel Guevara Coronado PAN 2012–2015 Francisco Gutiérrez García PRI PVEM 2015–2018 Luis Armando Colunga González PRI PVEM Panal 2018–2021 Manuel López Lara PVEM 2021–2024 Marisol Nájera Alba PT PVEM 2024– Marisol Nájera Alba PVEM PT Morena She was reelected on 02/06/2024
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