Editing Municipalities of Hidalgo (section)

{{short description|List of municipalities of Hidalgo}}
[[File:Hidalgo in Mexico (zoom).svg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Map of Mexico with Hidalgo highlighted|Map of Mexico with Hidalgo highlighted]]

[[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]] is a [[Administrative divisions of Mexico#States|state]] in central [[Mexico]] divided into 84 [[municipalities of Mexico|municipalities]].<ref name="census2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/scitel/Default?ev=9|title=Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL|language=es|publisher=INEGI|access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref> According to the 2020 [[Censo General de Población y Vivienda|Mexican census]], Hidalgo is the [[States of Mexico|16th most populous state]] with {{nts|3082841}} inhabitants and the [[States of Mexico|26th largest by land area]] spanning {{convert|20813|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea" />

Municipalities in Hidalgo are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the [[1917 Constitution of Mexico]].<ref name="constitution">{{cite act |title=Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos |language=es |date=1917 |article=115 |articletype=Article |url=https://www.juridicas.unam.mx/legislacion/ordenamiento/constitucion-politica-de-los-estados-unidos-mexicanos#10668 |access-date=September 27, 2017 }}</ref> 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'').<ref>{{cite book |last=OECD |author-link=OECD |date=November 12, 2004|title=New Forms of Governance for Economic Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBC7MYzs_woC&pg=PA121 |publisher=OECD Publishing |page=121 |isbn=9264015329 }}</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">{{cite book |last=Usa |first=Ibp |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENsRpYrGTOQC |title=Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook |date=2009 |publisher=International Business Publications |isbn=978-1-4330-7030-3 |page=42}}</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 tax]]es and [[user fee]]s, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />

The largest municipality by population in Hidalgo is [[Pachuca Municipality|Pachuca]], with 314,331 residents, and the smallest is [[Eloxochitlán, Hidalgo|Eloxochitlán]] with 2,593 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by area in Hidalgo is [[Zimapán]], which spans {{convert|824.2|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}, while [[Tlahuelilpan]] is the smallest at {{convert|28.2|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Landarea" /> The first municipality to incorporate was [[Huichapan]] on {{dts|March 11, 1824}}, and the newest municipality is [[Progreso de Obregón]] which incorporated {{dts|January 8, 1970}}.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />