Namiquipa Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Municipality in Chihuahua, Mexico

29°15′01″N 107°24′33″W / 29.25028°N 107.40917°W / 29.25028; -107.40917Country

MexicoStateChihuahuaMunicipal seatNamiquipaMunicipality created21 November 1844Government

• Municipal PresidentHéctor Ariel Meixueiro Muñoz (PRI)Area

• Total4,212.58 km² (1,626.49 sq mi)Elevation

1,888 m (6,194 ft)Population

(2010)

• Total22,880 • Density5.4/km² (14/sq mi)DemonymNamiquipenseWebsitewww.namiquipa.gob.mx

Namiquipa is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Namiquipa.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,880,^[1] up from 20,314 as of 2005.^[2]

As of 2010, the town of Namiquipa had a population of 1,752,^[1] up from 1,718 as of 2005.^[3] Other than the town of Namiquipa, the municipality had 363 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santa Ana (2,978), classified as urban, and El Terrero (2,621), El Molino (2,176), Benito Juárez (1,967), classified as urban, and Cruces (1,206), and Independencia (Cologachi) (1,088), classified as rural.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Namiquipa". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Namiquipa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
^ "Namiquipa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2008.