The Municipal President of Puebla (mayor) is the head of local government in the municipality of Puebla, in the Mexican state of Puebla. The mayor's authority includes the state capital, the city of Puebla. Since the city serves as the municipal seat and is home to the majority of the municipality's population, the position of municipal president is frequently identified with the city, rather than the municipality.
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
Puebla Municipality is a municipality in the State of Puebla in eastern Central Mexico. The municipality covers a total area of 534.32 square kilometres (206.30 sq mi). The City of Puebla is the municipal seat, as well as the capital of the state.
A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it. Nationally, this position is also equivalent to that of Head of Government of the Federal District and that is why these positions are sometimes referred to as "mayors" in English-language publications.
