Jesús María

Jesús María is a municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at 21°58′N 102°21′W / 21.967°N 102.35°W / 21.967; -102.35. The municipality reported 99,590 inhabitants in the 2010 census. Its municipal seat, Jesús María, Aguascalientes, (population 38,631, the second-largest city in the state) is located so close to the state capital city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, that it has been swallowed by it, rendering it part of the Aguascalientes metropolitan area (pop. 805,666 in 2005), with the function of a suburban area. The municipality has an area of 499.18 km² (192.73 sq mi).