6-827: San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico . The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region . The town lies on the north bank of the Valle Nacional River , a tributary of the Papaloapan River . As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,189. This article about
12-591: A location in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 17°46′N 96°18′W / 17.767°N 96.300°W / 17.767; -96.300 Municipalities of Oaxaca Oaxaca is a state in Southern Mexico that is divided into 570 municipalities , more than any other state in Mexico. According to Article 113 of the state's constitution,
18-434: The 2020 census is Oaxaca de Juárez , seat of the state capital, with 270,955 residents (6.55% of the state's total), while the smallest is Santa Magdalena Jicotlán with 81 residents, the least populated municipality in Mexico. The largest municipality by land area is Santa María Chimalapa which spans 4,547.10 km (1,755.65 sq mi), and the smallest is Natividad with 2.20 km (0.85 sq mi), also
24-470: The maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees , although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population as of
30-541: The municipalities are grouped into 30 judicial and tax districts to facilitate the distribution of the state's revenues. It is the only state in Mexico with this particular judicial and tax district organization. Oaxaca is the tenth most populated state with 4,132,148 inhabitants as of the 2020 Mexican census and the fifth largest by land area spanning 93,757.6 square kilometres (36,200.0 sq mi). Municipalities in Oaxaca have some administrative autonomy from
36-585: The state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico . Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal ) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council ( ayuntamiento ) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors ( regidores y síndicos ). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and
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