Cihuatlán is a coastal municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Its main city is also named Cihuatlán.
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
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. 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.
Climate
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 settlements Cihuatlán, 15,697 inhabitants (2005) Melaque, 6,379 inhabitants Barra de Navidad, 3,386 inhabitants , 2,182 inhabitants Emiliano Zapata, 1,589 inhabitants
Notable people
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 presidentTermPolitical partyNotesHeliodoro Trujillo1904-1911Juan Murguía1912Hilarión Pardo1913J. Guadalupe Cárdenas1919Tomás Huerta1920Elías Salas1921Victoriano Bobadilla1922Tomás Huerta1923Marcelo García Araiza1924J. Natividad Arreola1926Domingo Rojas1927Calixto Castrejón G.1928Nazario Pineda1929Jesús Morett S.1930PNR José Godoy Uribe1931PNR Everardo Hurtado1932PNR Jesús Morett1933PNR Tomás Huerta1934PNR Manuel González R.1934PNR Amador Araiza1935PNR Pedro García Araiza1936PNR J. Guadalupe Cázares1937PNR Pomposo Preciado1938PNR Last one-year termRamón Valencia1939-1940PRM First bienniumLuis Salaiza1941-1942PRM Amador Araiza1943-1944PRM Cosme Morán C.1945-1946PRM Abel Ochoa Huerta1947-1948PRI Cosme Morán C. 1949-1952PRI Pedro Corona 1953-1954PRI Juan Cárdenas R.1955-1956PRI Alfonso Orozco 1957-1958PRI Last bienniumRogelio Salas G. 1959-1961PRI First triennium Cosme Morán C. 1962-1964PRI Telésforo Salas F. 1965-1967PRI Mariano Velasco 1968-1970PRI J. Jesús Morett M. 1971-1973PRI Manuel Muñoz C. 1974-1976PRI Vicente Morett M. 1977-1979PRI Salvador Figueroa B. 1980-1982PRI Alberto Macías Solís 1983PRI Maximino Oregón Hernández 1984-1985PRI José Antonio Morán Araiza 1986-1988PRI Vicente Barrientos Díaz 1989-1992PRI Arturo Salas Hernández 1992-1995PRI José Antonio Morán Araiza1995-1997PRI Armando Zúñiga Cárdenas01-01-1998–31-12-2000PRI Jesús Enrique Morett Mendoza01-01-2001–31-12-2003PRI Martín Ortiz Quintero01-01-2004–31-12-2006PAN Enrique González Gómez01-01-2007–31-12-2009PRI Roberto Gallardo Ruiz 01-01-2010–30-09-2012PAN Jesús Huerta Aguilar 01-10-2012–30-09-2015PAN Fernando Martínez Guerrero01-10-2015–31-03-2018MC He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection, which he got, after moving to PRD political partyCarlos Alfonso Rodarte Vázquez01-04-2018–19-07-2018MC Acting municipal presidentFernando Martínez Guerrero20-07-2018–30-09-2018PRD ResumedFernando Martínez Guerrero01-10-2018–30-09-2021PRD He was reelected on 1 July 2018Jorge Eliseo Salas Chávez01-10-2021–MC
See also Rudo y Cursi
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