Municipalities in Chihuahua are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Template:Langx) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (Template:Lang) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (Template:Lang).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />
The largest municipality by population is Juárez, Mexico's sixth largest municipality, with 1,512,450 residents or approximately Template:Percentage of the state population.<ref name="census2020" /> The smallest municipality by population is Huejotitán, with 824 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by land area is Ahumada, which spans Template:Convert, and the smallest is Santa Bárbara, which spans Template:Convert.<ref name=Landarea /> The first municipality to incorporate was Rosales, on Template:Dts, and the newest municipality is Guachochi, which incorporated on Template:Dts.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />
Municipalities
Largest municipalities in Chihuahua by population
Ciudad Juárez, the largest municipality by population in Chihuahua.
Chihuahua, capital and second largest municipality by population.
Cuauhtémoc, third largest municipality by population.
Delicias, fourth largest municipality by population.
Aldama<ref group="lower-alpha"> Aldama was originally incorporated as San Gerónimo, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
Balleza<ref group="lower-alpha">Balleza originally incorporated as San Pablo Tepehuanes, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
Camargo<ref group="lower-alpha">Camargo originally incorporated as Santa Rosalía, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
El Tule<ref group="lower-alpha"> El Tule was originally incorporated as San Antonio del Tule, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
López<ref group="lower-alpha">López originally incorporated as Atotonilco, changing its name most recently on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
Matamoros<ref group="lower-alpha">Matamoros originally incorporated as San Isidro de las Cuevas, changing its name on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>
Rosales<ref group="lower-alpha">Rosales originally incorporated as Santa Cruz Tapacolmes, changing its name for the most recent time on Template:Dts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref></ref>