# Álamos Municipality

Álamos is a municipality in south-western Sonora, Mexico. It includes the town of Álamos.
It is one of the 72 municipalities of the state of Sonora, located in the southeastern part of the state. Its municipal seat is the Magical Town of Álamos. Other important localities are: San Bernardo, El Mocúzarit (Conicárit), Los Tanques, among others. There are also a number of communities with the presence of Guarijíos and Mayos indigenous peoples, such as Mesa Colorada, Guajaray, Bavícora, El Paso, and Basiroa.
It was decreed an independent municipality in 1813, at the same time as another large number of municipalities, in the first political division of Sonora as a state, through the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz. At that time the municipality ceased to be part of the province of Sinaloa. According to the Population and Housing Census 2020 carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the municipality has a total population of 24,976 inhabitants, has an area of 6,426.22 km$^2$, being the sixth largest municipality in Sonora. Like most municipalities in the state, the name was given by its municipal seat. Its Gross Domestic Product per capita is US$6,800 and its Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.7560.

## Government
### Municipal presidents

| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Notes |
| 1857–1858 | Bartolomé Eligio Almada Salido | | One-year terms, up until 1925 |
| 1858–1859 | Antonio Benigno Almada | | |
| 1859–1860 | Mateo Ortiz | | |
| 1860–1861 | Vicente Ortiz | | |
| 1861–1862 | Francisco Obregón Gómez | | |
| 1862–1863 | Ignacio de S. Palomares Campoy | | |
| 1863–1864 | Ignacio de S. Palomares Campoy | | |
| 1864–1865 | Carlos E. Gaxiola | | |
| 1865–1866 | Carlos E. Gaxiola | | |
| 1866–1867 | Ramón Salazar | | |
| 1867–1868 | Eugenio Ortiz | | |
| 1868–1869 | Manuel Moreno | | |
| 1869–1870 | Jesús Antonio Almada | | |
| 1870–1871 | Bartolomé Eligio Almada Salido | | |
| 1871–1872 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1872–1873 | Severiano Talamante | | |
| 1873–1874 | Antonio Goycolea | | |
| 1874–1875 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1875–1876 | Francisco Salido | | |
| 1876–1877 | Rafael Acuña | | |
| 1877–1878 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1878–1879 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1879–1880 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1880–1881 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1881–1882 | Tranquilino Otero | | |
| 1882–1883 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1883–1884 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1884–1885 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1885–1886 | Antonio Goycolea | | |
| 1886–1887 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1887–1888 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1888–1889 | Ángel Almada | | |
| 1889–1890 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1890–1891 | Pedro S. Salazar | | |
| 1891–1892 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1892–1893 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1893–1894 | Quirino Corbalá | | |
| 1894–1895 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1895–1896 | Ángel Almada | | |
| 1896–1897 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1897–1898 | Manuel Salazar y Perrón | | |
| 1898–1899 | Ángel Almada | | |
| 1899–1900 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1900–1901 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1901–1902 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1902–1903 | Tranquilino Otero | | |
| 1903–1904 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1904–1905 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1905–1906 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1906–1907 | Pedro S. Salazar | | |
| 1907–1908 | Alfredo J. Almada | | |
| 1908–1909 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1909–1910 | Ignacio Lorenzo Almada | | |
| 1910–1910 | Alfredo J. Almada | | When the Mexican Revolution broke out, this City Council was removed from office |
| 1910–1911 | Antonio Goycolea | | |
| 1911–1911 | Joaquín S. Urrea | | The elections were annulled |
| 1911–1912 | Rómulo Salido | | This City Council replaced the previous one after the cancellation of elections |
| 1912–1912 | Miguel C. Urrea | | The elections were annulled |
| 1912–1913 | Antonio G. Ávila | | This City Council replaced the previous one after the cancellation of elections |
| 1913–1914 | Alfonso Goycolea | | |
| 1914–1915 | Gabriel Rascón | | |
| 1915–1916 | Rómulo Salido | | |
| 1916–1917 | Enrique M. Rochín | | |
| 1917–1918 | Rudecindo Valenzuela | | |
| 1918–1919 | Ramón M. Salazar | | |
| 1919–1920 | José Tirado | | |
| 1920–1921 | Rudecindo Valenzuela | | |
| 1921–1922 | Carlos G. Salido | | |
| 1922–1923 | Ramón M. Salazar | | |
| 1923–1924 | Hilario Palomares | | |
| 1924–1925 | Leopoldo Acosta | | End of one-year terms |
| 1925–1927 | Rafael S. Corbalá | | First biennium |
| 1927–1929 | Miguel S. Urrea | | |
| 1929–1931 | Rudecindo Valenzuela | PNR | |
| 1931–1933 | Luis Urrea | PNR | |
| 1933–1935 | Jesús Peral | PNR | |
| 1935–17-08-1936 | Manuel S. Corbalá | PNR | The Congress of the Union disappeared the Powers of the State of Sonora, and this City Council ceased its functions |
| 18-08–1936-23-11-1936 | Octaviano Carbajal | PNR | Acting municipal president |
| 23-11-1936–23-02-1937 | Carlos G. García | PNR | Acting municipal president |
| 23-02-1937–15-09-1937 | Alfonso Lara | PNR | Acting municipal president |
| 1937–1939 | José María Palomares | PNR | |
| 1939–1941 | Carlos G. García | PRM | |
| 1941–1943 | Leopoldo Acosta | PRM | Last biennium |
| 1943–1946 | Juan de Dios Urrea | PRM | First triennium |
| 1946–1949 | Marcelino Valenzuela | PRI | |
| 1949–1952 | Martín B. Salido | PRI | |
| 1952–1955 | Raymundo M. Robles | PRI | |
| 1955–1958 | Maximiliano Couvillier Atondo | PRI | |
| 1958–1961 | Marcelino Valenzuela Bustillos | PRI | |
| 1961–1964 | Lauro Franco Franco | PRI | |
| 1964–1967 | Diódoro Valenzuela Piña | PRI | |
| 1967–1970 | Baldomero Corral Álvarez | PRI | |
| 1970–1973 | Rosendo Venegas Reyes | PRI | |
| 1973–1976 | José Reyes Amarillas | PRI | |
| 1976–1979 | José de Jesús Gil Vega | PRI | |
| 1979–1982 | Darío Villarreal Valenzuela | PRI | |
| 1982–1985 | Humberto R. Franco Terán | PRI | |
| 1985–1988 | Miguel H. Ruiz Arzaga | PRI | |
| 1988–1991 | Enrique Ibarra Álvarez | PRI | |
| 1991–1994 | Jesús Baldomero Corral Valenzuela | PRI | |
| 1994–1997 | Alfonso Valenzuela Salido | PRI | |
| 1997–2000 | Humberto Arana Murillo | PRI | |
| 2000–2003 | José de Jesús Carballo Mendívil | PRI | |
| 2003–2006 | David Ramón Corral Valenzuela | PRI | |
| 16-09-2006–15-09-2009 | Ruth Acuña Rascón | PRI | |
| 16-09-2009–15-09-2012 | Joaquín Navarro Quijada | PAN | |
| 16-09-2012–15-09-2015 | José Benjamín Anaya Rosas | PRI PVEM | |
| 16-09-2015–15-09-2018 | Axel Omar Salas Hernández | PRI PVEM | |
| 16-09-2018–22-04-2021 | Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas | PRI PVEM Panal | Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection in the elections of 06-06-2021 |
| 22-04-2021–15-06-2021 | Everardo Enríquez Parra | PRI PVEM Panal | Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". Acting municipal president |
| 16-06-2021–15-09-2021 | Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas | PRI PVEM Panal | Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government". Resumed office at the end of his temporary leave |
| 16-09-2021–15-09-2024 | Víctor Manuel Balderrama Cárdenas | PAN PRI PRD | Coalition "It Goes for Sonora". He was reelected on 06-06-2021 |
| 16-09-2024– | Samuel Borbón Lara | Morena PVEM PT Panal Sonora PES Sonora | |