Matehuala

Matehuala is the second most important city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is located at around 23°39′10″N 100°38′40″W, at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with the southwestern corner of Nuevo León. The city of Matehuala population is of 176,876. The municipality has an area of 1,286.66 km2 (496.78 sq mi).

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Matehuala

Government

Municipal presidents
Term Municipal president Political party Notes
1896Mariano Vázquez López
1939-1940Octaviano Briones CortezPRM
1940Antonio Verástegui CruzPRM
1940-1943Nicolás López LoeraPRM
1943-1945Miguel Ángel SantosPRM
1945Nicolás López LoeraPRM
1945-1946Horacio Medellín CruzPRM
1946-1949Roberto Alderete AguilarPRI
1949-1952Nicolás Sánchez PérezPRI
1953-1955Enrique de la Cruz ZepedaPRI
1956-1958[1]Santiago J. Vivanco CastilloPRI
1959-1961Jesús Pérez BarbaPRI
1962-1964Antonio Nava SánchezPRI
1965-1967Adalberto Tamayo LópezPRI
1968-1970Alfonso Dibildox MartínezPRI
1971-1973Eduardo Rocha PérezPRI
1974-1976Tomás Zárate SánchezPRI
1977-1979José Mahbub MattaPRI
1980-1982Antonio Ávila LomasPRI
1983-1985José Nava SánchezPRI
1986-1988Pascual Gallegos MontalvoPRI
1989-1991Virgilio Castillo AndradePRI
1992-1994Paulino Martínez CarmonaPRI
1995-1997Justo Fernando Torres RangelPAN
1997-2000Raymundo García OlivaresPRI
2000-2003Gregorio Antonino Maldonado VázquezPAN
2004-2006José Everardo Nava GómezPRI PVEM
2007-2009Víctor Manuel Mendoza RamírezPAN
2009-2012Francisco Javier Hernández LoeraPAN
Panal
2012Édgar Morales PérezPRI
PVEM 		Municipal president-elect. Never in office. Was assassinated on 12 August 2012
2012-2015[2]Héctor Fermín Ávila LuceroPRI
PVEM 		Substitute. He was appointed municipal president by the City Council of Matehuala
2015-2018José Everardo Nava GómezPRI
PVEM
Panal
2018-2021[3]Roberto Alejandro Segovia HernándezPVEM
Panal
2021-2024[4][5]Iván Noé Estrada GuzmánPAN
PRI
PRD
PCP

Notable people

Notable buildings

See also

References
  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de San Luis Potosí. Matehuala" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. "Nombra Cabildo a nuevo alcalde en Matehuala, SLP" (in Spanish). 1 October 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí, CEEPACSLP. Acta de cómputo municipal de la elección para el Ayuntamiento de Matehuala, 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí, CEEPACSLP. Acta de cómputo municipal de la elección para el Ayuntamiento de Matehuala, 2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. "Resultados Elecciones 2021: Alianza PT-PVEM gana mayoría de municipios en SLP. Matehuala → Iván Noé Estrada Guzmán". Alcaldes de México (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.


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