# San Martín de Hidalgo Municipality

San Martín de Hidalgo Municipality (Spanish: Municipio de San Martín de Hidalgo) is a municipality located in the Región Valles of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. As of 2010, the population was 26,306. The municipal seat is San Martín de Hidalgo. Other administrative communities include 5 delegations and 18 agencies.

## History

The municipal council was established in 1823.

## Geography

The municipality is situated in the Valley of Ameca and the Sierra de Quila, of the Mexican state of Jalisco. In the 2010 census, its population totaled 24,127 inhabitants. The municipal seat is San Martín de Hidalgo, and its boroughs are El Crucero de Santa María, El Salitre, El Tepehuaje de Morelos, Buenavista de Cañedo, and Santa Cruz de las Flores. The municipality covers an area of 324.57 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,306.
Bordering the adjacent municipalities of Teuchitlán on the north, Ameca on the west, Tecolotlán on the south and Cocula on the east.
In territorial means, the municipality is divided into six regional subcommittees all chaired by the municipal seat, they are El Crucero de Santa María, El Salitre, El Tepehuaje de Morelos, Buenavista de Cañedo, and Santa Cruz de las Flores. Each of these Municipal Delegations serve as the regional seats for other smaller communities called Municipal Agencies.

## Communities and populations

| Name | 1900 census | 2000 census | 2005 census | 2010 census | 2020 census |
| San Martín de Hidalgo | 3,243 | 7,464 | 7,001 | 8,092 | 8,850 |
| El Crucero de Santa María | _ | 3,356 | 3,228 | 3,175 | 3,431 |
| El Salitre | 716 | 2,924 | 2,434 | 2,708 | 2,870 |
| El Tepehuaje de Morelos | 771 | 2,523 | 2,163 | 2,245 | 2,331 |
| Buenavista de Cañedo | 672 | 2,363 | 2,001 | 2,163 | 2,348 |
| Santa Cruz de las Flores | 698 | 1,931 | 1,397 | 1,531 | 1,367 |
| Trapiche de Abra | 157 | 1,235 | 1,115 | 1,280 | 1,379 |
| Labor de Medina | 295 | 882 | 863 | 863 | 910 |
| Los Guerrero | 238 | 801 | 674 | 724 | 741 |
| Ipazoltic | 676 | 531 | 510 | 533 | 566 |
| San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa) | 360 | 465 | 341 | 355 | 329 |
| San Isidro Palo Verde | 144 | 340 | 341 | 347 | 434 |
| Jesús María (El Zapote) | 468 | 301 | 278 | 319 | 340 |
| Lázaro Cárdenas | _ | 296 | 235 | 297 | 276 |
| Los Vergara | 131 | 303 | 269 | 281 | 334 |
| San Jacinto | 349 | 298 | 227 | 269 | 290 |
| Camajapita | 406 | _ | 280 | 238 | 228 |
| Venustiano Carranza | _ | _ | 93 | 199 | 154 |
| Santa Rosa del Jilguero | 84 | _ | 47 | 161 | 194 |
| Río Grande | _ | _ | 234 | 141 | 240 |
| San Jacintito (El Ranchito) | _ | _ | 119 | 122 | 129 |
| Lagunillas | 236 | _ | 94 | 106 | 82 |
| Mesa del Cobre | 209 | _ | 54 | 44 | 44 |
| El Cobre | 101 | _ | 36 | 36 | 51 |

## Government
### Municipal presidents

| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| José Tovar | 1828 | | |
| Antonio Zepeda | 1857–1858 | | |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 1861 | | |
| Aniceto Coracero | 1861 | | |
| Trinidad Zepeda | 1862 | | |
| Jesús Monroy | 1862 | | |
| Trinidad Zepeda | 1863 | | |
| Ramón García | 1863 | | |
| José María Zepeda | 1866 | | |
| Lucas Guerrero | 1866 | | |
| Aniceto Coracero | 1867 | | |
| Gabino Cedano | 1867 | | |
| Ireneo Zepeda | 1868 | | |
| Abad Meza | 1868–1869 | | |
| Gabino Cedano | 1870 | | |
| Vicente Camacho | 1870 | | |
| Gabino Cedano | 1871–1872 | | |
| Teófilo Zepeda | 1872 | | |
| Gabino Cedano | 1872–1873 | | |
| Catarino Beas | 1874 | | |
| Vicente Camacho | 1874 | | |
| Catarino Beas | 1875 | | |
| Francisco Landázuri | 1875 | | |
| Marcelino Guerrero | 1876 | | |
| Tranquilino Núñez | 1876 | | |
| Gabino Cedano | 1877–1878 | | |
| Francisco Rosas | 1878 | | |
| Eduwiges Beas | 1878 | | |
| Francisco Rosas | 1879 | | |
| Rodrigo Zepeda | 1880–1881 | | |
| Felipe Vergara | 1882–1883 | | |
| Juan Cedano | 1884 | | |
| Felipe Vergara | 1885 | | |
| Virgen Rosas | 1885 | | |
| Juan Cedano | 1887–1889 | | |
| Reyes Zepeda | 1890 | | |
| Virgen Zepeda | 1890 | | |
| José Rosas | 1891 | | |
| Reyes Zepeda | 1891 | | |
| Teófilo Zepeda | 1891 | | |
| Raymundo Santos | 1892 | | |
| Trinidad Zepeda | 1893 | | |
| Juan Cedano | 1894 | | |
| Domingo Buenrostro | 1894 | | |
| Teófilo Zepeda | 1895 | | |
| Felipe Vergara | 1896 | | |
| Reyes Zepeda | 1897 | | |
| Juan Cedano | 1897 | | |
| Francisco López | 1898 | | |
| Teófilo Zepeda | 1898 | | |
| Reyes Zepeda | 1899 | | |
| Domingo Buenrostro | 1899–1900 | | |
| Reyes Zepeda | 1901 | | |
| J. Trinidad B. Zepeda | 1901 | | |
| Domingo Buenrostro | 1902–1903 | | |
| Felipe Vergara | 1904 | | |
| Francisco de la Peña | 1904 | | |
| Benjamín Sevilla | 1905 | | |
| Miguel Villamar | 1905 | | |
| Eliseo Casanova | 1906 | | |
| José Encarnación | 1906–1907 | | |
| Francisco de la Peña | 1907 | | |
| José Encarnación | 1908–1909 | | |
| Epifanio Páez | 1909–1910 | | |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 1910 | | |
| J. Jesús García | 1910 | | |
| Luis G. Vizcaíno | 1911 | | |
| J. Jesús García | 1911 | | |
| Alberto Ponce de León | 1911 | | |
| Santos Arreola | 1912 | | |
| José Encarnación | 1912 | | |
| Francisco C. Horta | 1912 | | |
| Porfirio Encarnación | 1913 | | |
| Carlos Gómez Luna | 1913 | | |
| Erasmo Águila | 1914 | | |
| Valentín García | 1914 | | |
| Rafael Beas | 1914 | | |
| Erasmo Águila | 1915 | | |
| Jacob Mandujano | 1915 | | |
| Federico Rosas | 1915 | | |
| José Isaac Pérez | 1916 | | |
| Valentín García | 1916 | | |
| David Guerrero | 1917 | | |
| Ignacio R. Guerrero | 1917 | | |
| Jesús S. Rosas | 1918 | | |
| Estanislao Medina | 1918 | | |
| Ignacio G. Zárate | 1919 | | |
| Domingo Buenrostro | 1919 | | |
| David Guerrero | 1919 | | |
| Malaquías García | 1920 | | |
| J. Guadalupe López | 1920 | | |
| Melquiades Álvarez | 1920 | | |
| Domingo Buenrostro | 1921 | | |
| Alfonso G. Zárate | 1921 | | |
| Leopoldo Zepeda | 1921 | | |
| J. Guadalupe López | 1922 | | |
| Alfonso G. Zárate | 1922 | | |
| Alfonso Zepeda | 1923 | | |
| Rafael Rodríguez | 1924 | | |
| Rosalío González | 1924 | | |
| Ramón B. Rivera | 1924 | | |
| Pablo Rosas | 1925 | | |
| Nemesio Medina | 1925 | | |
| Rafael Rodríguez | 1925 | | |
| J. Guadalupe López | 1926 | | |
| Nemesio Medina | 1927 | | |
| Estanislao Medina | 1927 | | |
| Ignacio Z. Santos | 1927 | | |
| Macario Aguilar | 1928 | | |
| Antonio Pacheco | 1928 | | |
| J. Trinidad López | 1928 | | |
| Alfonso G. Cevallos | 1929–1931 | | |
| José F. Guerrero | 1931 | PNR | |
| José Aristeo Medina | 1932 | PNR | |
| Francisco G. Camacho | 1933 | PNR | |
| Rafael B. Pérez | 1934 | PNR | |
| Salvador Virgen | 1934 | PNR | |
| Antonio Santos | 1935 | PNR | |
| Salvador Aceves | 1935 | | President of the Municipal Council |
| Francisco Casas | 1936 | PNR | |
| Martín Zepeda | 1936 | PNR | |
| Ignacio G. Zárate | 1936 | PNR | |
| Claro Buenrostro | 1937 | PNR | |
| Ignacio Guerrero R. | 1937 | PNR | |
| Rafael Pérez | 1938–1939 | PNR | |
| Gabino Preciado | 1938–1939 | PRM | |
| Ramón Degollado | 1940 | PRM | |
| Candelario P. Hernández | 1940 | PRM | |
| Gabino Preciado | 1941–1942 | PRM | |
| J. Jesús González | 1942 | PRM | |
| José C. Guerrero | 1943 | PRM | |
| Rafael Zárate | 1943 | PRM | |
| José C. Guerrero | 1944 | PRM | |
| Manuel Rivas Morales | 1945–1946 | PRM | |
| Crisóforo Rosas | 1947–1948 | PRI | |
| Juventino G. Gómez | 1949–1951 | PRI | |
| Fidencio Rosas | 1951–1952 | PRI | |
| Justino López Rosas | 1953–1955 | PRI | |
| Rafael Zárate Andrade | 1956–1957 | PRI | |
| Juan José Pulido Zepeda | 1957–1958 | PRI | |
| Alfonso G. Zárate | 1959–1960 | PRI | |
| Alfonso Gutiérrez Zepeda | 1961 | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| José F. Guerrero | 01-01-1962–31-12-1964 | PRI | |
| Francisco Camacho López | 01-01-1965–31-12-1967 | PRI | |
| José Raymundo López Barbosa | 01-01-1968–31-12-1970 | PRI | |
| Exiquio Águila Jiménez | 01-01-1971–31-12-1973 | PRI | |
| José Ramírez Pérez | 01-01-1974–31-12-1976 | PRI | |
| José de Jesús Camacho Barreto | 01-01-1977–31-12-1979 | PRI | |
| Joaquín Morales Abreu | 01-01-1980–31-12-1982 | PRI | |
| Ramón Guerrero Ríos | 1983–1985 | PRI | |
| Andrés Alonso Zárate Guerrero | 1986–1988 | PRI | |
| Delfino Rodríguez Bernal | 1989–1992 | PRI | |
| Casimiro Zárate Guerrero | 1992–1995 | PRI | |
| Carlos Alberto Rosas Camacho | 1995–1997 | PRD | |
| María Guadalupe Urzúa Flores | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRI | |
| Carlos Alberto Rosas Camacho | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PAN | |
| Vicente Aceves Santos | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PAN | |
| Carlos Alberto Rosas Camacho | 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 | PRD PT | |
| Francisco Javier Guerrero Núñez | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PRI Panal | Coalition "Alliance for Jalisco" |
| Juana Ceballos Guzmán | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PRI PVEM | Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco" |
| Carlos Alberto Rosas Camacho | 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 | MC | |
| Moisés Rodríguez Camacho | 01-10-2018–04-03-2021 | PAN PRD MC | Applied for a leave to run for reelection, which he got |
| Clemente Gómez Hernández | 05-03-2021–15-08-2021 | PAN PRD MC | Acting municipal president |
| Moisés Rodríguez Camacho | 16-08-2021–30-09-2021 | PAN PRD MC | Resumed, to finish his triennium |
| Moisés Rodríguez Camacho | 01-10-2021–30-09-2024 | MC | He was reelected on 6 june 2021 |
| Juana Ceballos Guzmán | 01-10-2024– | PVEM | |