Municipalities of Oaxaca
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Oaxaca is a state in southern Mexico that is divided into 570 municipalities, more than any other state in Mexico.<ref name="census2020" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to Article 113 of the state's constitution, 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.<ref name="constitution-oax">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="districts">Template:Cite book</ref> Oaxaca is the tenth most populated state with Template:Nts inhabitants as of the 2020 Mexican census and the fifth largest by land area spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Landarea">Template:Cite web</ref>
Municipalities in Oaxaca have some administrative autonomy from the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act Template:Webarchive</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 as of 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.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by land area is Santa María Chimalapa which spans Template:Convert, and the smallest is Natividad with Template:Convert, also the smallest municipality by area in Mexico.<ref name=Landarea /> The newest municipality is Chahuites, established in 1949.<ref name=dates>Template:Cite book</ref>
Municipalities
- Largest municipalities in Oaxaca by population
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Oaxaca is the capital and largest municipality by population in Oaxaca.
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San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec is the second largest municipality by population.
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The third largest municipality by population in Oaxaca is Juchitán.
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Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán is the fourth largest municipality by population.
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The fifth largest municipality in Oaxaca is Salina Cruz.
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