# 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 km$^2$.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,345.
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 | 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 | 01-01-1983–31-12-1985 | PRI | |
| Enrique Nava Vadillo | 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 | PRI | |
| José Solano Villalvazo | 1989–1992 | PRI | |
| Sergio Bejarano Dávalos | 1992–1995 | PRI | |
| Adolfo Velasco de la Cruz | 1995–1997 | PRI | |
| Alfonso Arias Velasco | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRI | |
| Rogelio González Álvarez | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PRI | |
| Rogelio Nava Magaña | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PAN | |
| Alfonso Arias Velasco | 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 | PRI | |
| Mario Gálvez Barreto | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PAN | |
| José María Velasco de la Cruz | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PRI PVEM | Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco" |
| Alfonso Arias Velasco | 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 | PRI | |
| Ma. Guadalupe Díaz Blanco | 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 | 01-10-2021– | PRI | |