Villa de Pozos is a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis PotosÃÂ. It is located about southeast of the state capital of San Luis PotosÃÂ. After being absorbed by the municipality of San Luis PotosÃÂ in 1946, it was reestablished as an independent municipality in 2024.
Villa de Pozos borders the municipalities of San Luis Potosàto the southwest, Soledad de Graciano Sánchez to the northwest, Cerro de San Pedro to the north, and Zaragoza to the east. Located on the Mexican Plateau at an elevation of around , Villa de Pozos has a semi-arid climate, receiving of rain per year.
In 1592, the hacienda of Real de San Francisco de los Pozos was founded by Diego de Tapia, son of Fernando de Tapia, to supply the miners at Cerro de San Pedro with food and other necessities. After Mexico became independent, Pozos was one of the original municipalities established by the state of San Luis Potosàon 19 July 1826. It was elevated to town (villa) status on 26 April 1830. It remained an independent municipality until 10 October 1946, when it was integrated into the municipality of San Luis Potosàas a borough (delegación). It has been alleged that , the PRI governor of San Luis Potosàat the time, took this action because Pozos was a centre of Synarchist activity.
In 1995, the citizens of Villa de Pozos petitioned the state of San Luis PotosÃÂ for the reestablishment of the municipality, which the state approved in 2022. However, in 2004, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation struck down the act reestablishing the municipality on technical grounds. Another request was submitted in 2022, and on 22 July 2024, the San Luis PotosÃÂ state congress approved the reestablishment of Villa de Pozos as a municipality.
Villa de Pozos will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2027. An interim administration led by MarÃÂa Teresa de Jesús Rivera Acevedo was appointed by the state in August 2024. The municipal government of Villa de Pozos consists of a municipal president, two councillors (Spanish: sÃÂndicos), and twelve trustees (regidores), the councillors and one of the trustees being elected by relative majority, and the other trustees by proportional representation.
In the 2020 Mexican Census, the borough (delegacÃÂon) of Villa de Pozos in San Luis Potosàrecorded a population of 148,165 inhabitants. The neighbourhoods of Laguna de Santa Rita and San Nicolás de los Jassos recorded populations of 13,315 and 2,885 respectively in 2020. In 2002 the population of the borough was estimated at approximately 61,000.
The main economic activities in Villa de Pozos are cattle farming, manufacturing and commerce.