# Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Colima

Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of Cuauhtémoc, Colima.
The municipality of Cuauhtémoc covers a total surface area of 373.2 km². In the 2005 INEGI Census, it reported a total population of 25,576 (down from 26,771 five year earlier), of whom 7,513 lived in the municipal seat.
The municipality was created on 15 January 1915. Its name honours the last tlatoani of the Aztec people, Cuauhtemoc.

## Settlements in the municipality

| Locality | Population |
| Municipal total | 25,576 |
| Cuauhtémoc (municipal seat) | 7,513 |
| Quesería | 8,133 |
| El Trapiche | 2,700 |
| Alcaraces | 1,800 |
| Buenavista | 1,200 |
All the municipality's other settlements have fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.

## Government
### Municipal presidents

| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Notes |
| 1919 | Luis Zamora Guízar | | |
| 1920 | Valentín Mendoza | | |
| 1921 | J. Jesús Curiel | | |
| 1922 | Toribio Rodríguez | | |
| 1923 | Filomeno Preciado | | |
| 1924 | Miguel Tejada Rosas | | |
| 1925 | Jesús Vizcaíno | | |
| 1926 | Miguel Tejada Rosas | | |
| 1926 | Rafael Curiel | | |
| 1927 | Francisco Velasco | | |
| 1928-1929 | Benito Tejeda Rosas | | |
| 1930 | Anastacio García | PNR | |
| 1931 | Heliodoro Bayardo | PNR | |
| 1931 | J. Trinidad Santa Ana | PNR | |
| 1931 | Raymundo Preciado | PNR | |
| 1932 | ?? | PNR | |
| 1933-1934 | Anastacio García | PNR | |
| 1935 | Amado Barbosa | PNR | |
| 1935 | Ildefonso González | PNR | |
| 1936 | J. Trinidad Santa Ana | PNR | |
| 1937 | Ramón Barbosa | PNR | |
| 1937 | Jesús Muñoz | PNR | |
| 1938 | Amado Barbosa | PNR | |
| 1938 | Leopoldo Heredia | PRM | |
| 1939-1940 | J. Concepción Meza | PRM | |
| 1940 | Rafael Curiel | PRM | |
| 1941 | Florencio Larios T. | PRM | |
| 1942 | Víctor González C. | PRM | |
| 1943-1945 | Rafael Curiel | PRM | |
| 1946-1948 | Francisco Velasco Galindo | PRI | |
| 1949-1950 | Porfirio González Curiel | PRI | |
| 1951 | Carlos Zamora Ceballos | PRI | |
| 1951 | Irineo González | PRI | |
| 1952-1954 | Rafael Tejada Ochoa | PRI | |
| 1955 | Vicente Silva Preciado | PRI | |
| 1956-1958 | José Preciado González | PRI | |
| 1959-1961 | Gabino Pinto Solís | PRI | |
| 1962-1963 | Jorge Velasco Márquez | PRI | |
| 1964 | José Tejada Velasco | PRI | |
| 1965 | David Díaz Romero | PRI | |
| 1966-1967 | Gonzalo Verduzco Curiel | PRI | |
| 1968-1970 | Valentín Santa Ana Ugarte | PRI | |
| 1971 | Rodolfo Núñez Silva | PRI | |
| 1972-1973 | Rafael Ávalos C. | PRI | |
| 1974-1976 | Vicente Silva Preciado | PRI | |
| 1977-1979 | Rodolfo González Rodríguez | PRI | |
| 1980-1982 | Librado Silva García | PRI | |
| 1982 | Lino Romero Velasco | PRI | |
| 1983-1985 | Alfredo Romero Velasco | PRI | |
| 1986-1988 | Epigmenio Plascencia Rangel | PRI | |
| 1989-1991 | L. Humberto Santa Ana Ugarte | PRI | |
| 1992-1994 | Ricardo Galindo Velasco | PRI | |
| 1995-1997 | Salvador Solís Aguirre | PRI | |
| 1998-2000 | José de Jesús Plascencia Herrera | PRI | |
| 2000-2003 | César Ceballos Gómez | PRI | |
| 2003-2006 | Salvador Solís Aguirre | PRI | |
| 2006-2009 | José Luis Aguirre Campos | PRI PVEM | Coalition "Alliance for Colima" |
| 15/10/2009-14/10/2012 | José de Jesús Plascencia Herrera | PRI | |
| 15/10/2012-14/10/2015 | Indira Vizcaíno Silva | PRD | |
| 15/10/2015-23/03/2018 | Rafael Mendoza Godínez | PAN | He applied for temporary leave, to run for reelection |
| 24/03/2018-2018 | Moisés Morán Gallegos | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| 2018-09/12/2020 | Rafael Mendoza Godínez | PAN | He was reelected on 01/07/2018. Resumed. Applied for temporary leave again |
| 10/12/2020-14/01/2021 | Julio Borjas Cárdenas | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| 15/01/2021-14/10/2021 | Rafael Mendoza Godínez | PAN | Resumed |
| 15/10/2021-14/10/2024 | Gabriela Mejía Martínez | PAN PRI PRD | Coalition "It Goes for Colima" |
| 15/10/2024- | María Guadalupe Solís Ramírez | Morena PVEM PT | |