# Cihuatlán

Cihuatlán is a coastal municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Its main city is also named Cihuatlán.

## Etymology

The word Cihuatlán is compounded of two words of Nahuatl origin, a language spoken in central Mexico since the seventh century AD and the language of the Aztecs: Zihua, woman, and Tlán place; therefore in Cihuatlán means place of women.

## History

The town was founded on the Marabasco River, and at the time of the Spanish conquest its population was about 500 women and only 20 men. The first Spanish expedition to the Jalisco coastal zone was led by Gonzalo de Sandoval.
By decree of the President of the Republic of Mexico, on December 16, 1825, the harbour Barra de Navidad was rebuilt in order to accommodate local and foreign trade.

## Climate

Climate data for Cihuatlán (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39 (102) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39 (102) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39 (102) | 40 (104) | 40.5 (104.9) | 39 (102) | 39 (102) | 39.5 (103.1) | 40 (104) | 40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.0 (95.0) | 35.1 (95.2) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.7 (92.7) | 34.2 (93.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.4 (81.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.6 (69.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6 (43) | 1 (34) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.5 (36.5) | 0.01 (32.02) | 2 (36) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.37 (39.87) | 0.01 (32.02) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.1 (0.48) | 13.8 (0.54) | 12.4 (0.49) | 0.2 (0.01) | 6.3 (0.25) | 139.5 (5.49) | 152.3 (6.00) | 255.7 (10.07) | 289.5 (11.40) | 143.8 (5.66) | 45.7 (1.80) | 13.1 (0.52) | 1,084.4 (42.69) |
| Average precipitation days | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 75.5 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ||||||||||||||

## Coat of arms

The Cihuatlán coat of arms is in a French style with cross-sectioning. In the upper left section is the image of a pre-Hispanic woman's head. In the upper right section is a ship sailing on the sea. In the bottom left section is a religious building and in the bottom right section, a view of a fertile valley.

## Most important settlements

* Cihuatlán, 15,697 inhabitants (2005)
* Melaque, 6,379 inhabitants
* Barra de Navidad, 3,386 inhabitants
* Jaluco [es], 2,182 inhabitants
* Emiliano Zapata, 1,589 inhabitants

## Notable people

* Nestor Enrique Valencia Guerrero, June 9, 1965, grandson to former municipal president of Cihuatlán, Ramon Valencia Torres, Mayor and Councilmember of the City of Bell, California, USA. First Mayor in the United States that welcomed immigrant children from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, in 2014. Also, his civic actions for the City of Bell changed government transparency laws.

## Government
### Municipal presidents

| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| Heliodoro Trujillo | 1904-1911 | | |
| Juan Murguía | 1912 | | |
| Hilarión Pardo | 1913 | | |
| J. Guadalupe Cárdenas | 1919 | | |
| Tomás Huerta | 1920 | | |
| Elías Salas | 1921 | | |
| Victoriano Bobadilla | 1922 | | |
| Tomás Huerta | 1923 | | |
| Marcelo García Araiza | 1924 | | |
| J. Natividad Arreola | 1926 | | |
| Domingo Rojas | 1927 | | |
| Calixto Castrejón G. | 1928 | | |
| Nazario Pineda | 1929 | | |
| Jesús Morett S. | 1930 | PNR | |
| José Godoy Uribe | 1931 | PNR | |
| Everardo Hurtado | 1932 | PNR | |
| Jesús Morett | 1933 | PNR | |
| Tomás Huerta | 1934 | PNR | |
| Manuel González R. | 1934 | PNR | |
| Amador Araiza | 1935 | PNR | |
| Pedro García Araiza | 1936 | PNR | |
| J. Guadalupe Cázares | 1937 | PNR | |
| Pomposo Preciado | 1938 | PNR | Last one-year term |
| Ramón Valencia | 1939-1940 | PRM | First biennium |
| Luis Salaiza | 1941-1942 | PRM | |
| Amador Araiza | 1943-1944 | PRM | |
| Cosme Morán C. | 1945-1946 | PRM | |
| Abel Ochoa Huerta | 1947-1948 | PRI | |
| Cosme Morán C. | 1949-1952 | PRI | |
| Pedro Corona | 1953-1954 | PRI | |
| Juan Cárdenas R. | 1955-1956 | PRI | |
| Alfonso Orozco | 1957-1958 | PRI | Last biennium |
| Rogelio Salas G. | 1959-1961 | PRI | First triennium |
| Cosme Morán C. | 1962-1964 | PRI | |
| Telésforo Salas F. | 1965-1967 | PRI | |
| Mariano Velasco | 1968-1970 | PRI | |
| J. Jesús Morett M. | 1971-1973 | PRI | |
| Manuel Muñoz C. | 1974-1976 | PRI | |
| Vicente Morett M. | 1977-1979 | PRI | |
| Salvador Figueroa B. | 1980-1982 | PRI | |
| Alberto Macías Solís | 1983 | PRI | |
| Maximino Oregón Hernández | 1984-1985 | PRI | |
| José Antonio Morán Araiza | 1986-1988 | PRI | |
| Vicente Barrientos Díaz | 1989-1992 | PRI | |
| Arturo Salas Hernández | 1992-1995 | PRI | |
| José Antonio Morán Araiza | 1995-1997 | PRI | |
| Armando Zúñiga Cárdenas | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRI | |
| Jesús Enrique Morett Mendoza | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PRI | |
| Martín Ortiz Quintero | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PAN | |
| Enrique González Gómez | 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 | PRI | |
| Roberto Gallardo Ruiz | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PAN | |
| Jesús Huerta Aguilar | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PAN | |
| Fernando Martínez Guerrero | 01-10-2015–31-03-2018 | MC | He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection, which he got, after moving to PRD political party |
| Carlos Alfonso Rodarte Vázquez | 01-04-2018–19-07-2018 | MC | Acting municipal president |
| Fernando Martínez Guerrero | 20-07-2018–30-09-2018 | PRD | Resumed |
| Fernando Martínez Guerrero | 01-10-2018–30-09-2021 | PRD | He was reelected on 1 July 2018 |
| Jorge Eliseo Salas Chávez | 01-10-2021– | MC | |