Zapotitlán de Vadillo

Zapotitlán de Vadillo is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 305.8 km².

Zapotitlán de Vadillo
Municipality and town
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Zapotitlán de Vadillo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°25′N 103°36′W
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Area
• Total	305.8 km2 (118.1 sq mi)
• Town	1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	7,466
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
• Town	4,214
• Town density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,345.^[2]

The indigenous inhabitants of this area originally spoke the extinct, unclassified Zapoteco and Otomi languages. During the colonial era it was part of the province of Amula.

Government

The form of government is democratic. The municipal president and the rest of the councilors with a relative majority, as well as those with proportional representation, are elected every three years by free and universal suffrage of citizens over 18 years of age in full exercise of their political rights.

Municipal presidents

Municipal president	Term	Political party	Notes
Benjamín E. Mora[3]	1901
Francisco E. Álvarez	1902
Anacleto Álvarez	1903
J. Benjamín Navarro	1904
J. Jesús Sahagún	1905
Francisco Paulino	1906–1908
Francisco Álvarez	1909
Dionisio Aranda	1910
Ladislao Magaña	1911
Marciano Álvarez	1912
Francisco Corona	1913–1916
Francisco Bejarano	1917
Melesio de la Cruz	1918–1920
N/A	1921–1928
Salvador Velasco	1929–1930	PNR
J. Trinidad Nieves	1931	PNR
J. Concepción Badillo	1932	PNR
Amado Ortega M.	1933–1935	PNR
J. Jesús R. Villa	1935–1939	PNR
Ramón Nava Ruiz	1940–1942	PRM
Ramón Cárdenas Cárdenas	1943–1946	PRM
Ramón Nava Ruiz	1947–1949	PRI
Alfonso Michel Corona	1950–1952	PRI
Alfredo Velasco Navarro	01-01-1953–31-12-1955	PRI
Rafael Zepeda Martínez	01-01-1956–31-12-1958	PRI
Ramón Nava Ruiz	01-01-1959–31-12-1961	PRI
Ángel Villalvazo Navarro	01-01-1962–31-12-1964	PRI
Pablo Rodríguez Alejándrez	01-01-1965–31-12-1967	PRI
Alfredo Velasco Navarro	01-01-1968–31-12-1970	PRI
Ángel Villalvazo Navarro	01-01-1971–31-12-1973	PRI
Antonio Corona Jiménez	01-01-1974–31-12-1976	PRI
J. Refugio de la Cruz López	01-01-1977–31-12-1979	PRI
José de León María	01-01-1980–31-12-1982	PRI
Pascual Peña Nava[4]	01-01-1983–31-12-1985	PRI
Enrique Nava Vadillo	01-01-1986–31-12-1988	PRI
José Solano Villalvazo[5]	1989–1992	PRI
Sergio Bejarano Dávalos[6]	1992–1995	PRI
Adolfo Velasco de la Cruz[7]	1995–1997	PRI
Alfonso Arias Velasco[8]	01-01-1998–31-12-2000	PRI
Rogelio González Álvarez[9]	01-01-2001–31-12-2003	PRI
Rogelio Nava Magaña[10]	01-01-2004–31-12-2006	PAN
Alfonso Arias Velasco[11]	01-01-2007–31-12-2009	PRI
Mario Gálvez Barreto[12]	01-01-2010–30-09-2012	PAN
José María Velasco de la Cruz[13]	01-10-2012–30-09-2015	PRI PVEM	Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"
Alfonso Arias Velasco[14]	01-10-2015–30-09-2018	PRI
Ma. Guadalupe Díaz Blanco[15]	01-10-2018–05-03-2021	PAN PRD MC	She applied for a temporary leave to run for reelection, which she didn't get
Rubén García Mejía	06-03-2021–2021	PAN PRD MC	Acting municipal president
Ma. Guadalupe Díaz Blanco	2021–30-09-2021	PAN PRD MC	Resumed, to finish her triennium
José Cruz Arias Reyes[16]	01-10-2021–	PRI