Alaquines

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Alaquines, San Luis Potosi
Municipality and town
Country	Mexico
State	San Luis Potosí
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Alaquines is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is 19 km away from Cárdenas.

Climate[]

History[]

Founded in 1616 with the old name of San José de los Montes Alaquines. It is home to a legend which tells of its saint's wish (Santo Entierro) stay in this colorful town.

Recently[]

The City of Alaquines agreed to fix the road from Alaquines to San Jose del Corito that will be completed in 2009.^{[needs update]}

Communities[]

The town's population is divided into 10 communities, which are listed as follows:

1. Colonia Indigena
2. Las Tuzas
3. Rancho de Pro
4. Los Morales
5. La Cañada
6. Martínez
7. Rancho Nuevo
8. Maldonado
9. Las Huertas
10. El Pasito de San Francisco
11. El Sabino
12. San José del Corito
13. San José de Palmas

Mayors of Alaquines[]

• Ignacio Federico Infante Martínez (1971–1973)
• Pedro Rodarte Rodríguez (1974–1976)
• Delfino Aguilar Reynaga (1977–1979)
• Abdenago Chávez Mendiola (1980–1982)
• Carlos Saldierna Vázquez (1983–1985)
• Salomón Montalbán U. (1986–1988)
• Tomás Aguilar I. (1992–1994)
• Alberto Castillo P. (1995–1997)
• Abdenango Chávez Mendiola (1997–2000)
• Bonifacio Carreón Moctezuma (2000–2003)
• J. Isabel Ruíz Cedillo (2004–2006)
• María Leonides Secaida López (2006–2009)
• Manuel Lara Barcenas (2009-2012)
• Ciriaco Carreon Rucoba (2013-2016)

References[]

Coordinates: 22°08′N 99°36′W / 22.133°N 99.600°W / 22.133; -99.600