Charcas, San Luis Potosí

Municipality and town in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Charcas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.^[1] The municipality covers an area of 4.911 km². As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 14,117 people.^[2] Charcas is just south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to its elevation of 2,219 metres (7,280 ft), the climate is mild.

The town was founded in 1578 by Spanish conquistadors.^{[citation needed]}

Government

Municipal presidents

References

1. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal https://web.archive.org/web/20070128021947/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sanluispotosi/. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Charcas". City Population. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
3. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de San Luis Potosí. Charcas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
4. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí. 2018. Concentrado de ganadores. Ayuntamientos. Charcas: PVEM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
5. "Consejo Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de San Luis Potosí, CEEPACSLP. Acta de cómputo municipal de la elección para el Ayuntamiento de Charcas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. "Resultados Elecciones 2021: Alianza PT-PVEM gana mayoría de municipios en SLP. Charcas → Marisol Nájera Alba". Alcaldes de México (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.