| Bachíniva | |
| Settlement Type: | Town and County / Pueblo y Municipio |
| Native Name: | Cabecera Municipal/Municipality |
| Nickname: | Paraiso de la Manzanas |
| Image Caption: | MIssion Santa Maria de Nativitas Catholic Church |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chihuahua |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bachíniva |
| Government Type: | Ayuntamiento |
| Established Title: | Founded (mission) |
| Established Date: | 8 September 1660 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 5807 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 28.7703°N -107.2556°W |
| Elevation M: | 2025 meters |
| Elevation Ft: | 6644 ft |
| Area Code: | 659 |
| Blank Name: | Demonym |
| Blank Info: | Bachinivense |
| Official Name: | Santa Maria de Nativitas, Bachiniva |
| Image Map1: | Santa Maria de Nativitas Bachiniva.jpg |
Bachíniva is a town and county in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The town serves as the county seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It was founded by Franciscan missionaries on September 8, 1660, as Santa María de Nativitas Bachiniva. Bachiniva is a Rarámuri native Indian word which means the place of the wild pumpkin flower. With the arrival of the Franciscan missionaries to the area, most natives left their settlement rejecting the evangelization process of the catholic church. Some of the natives however were converted to the new religion and the mission of Santa Maria de Nativitas Bachíniva was founded with a church that still stands today. Later on, Spanish immigrants and Mexican from the south of Mexico settled in the area along the fertile lands of the Santa Maria River. The Spanish missionaries found the area ideal for the growing and production of apples and they planted the first apple trees in the late 1600s and ever since the people of this municipality have been growing great apple crop along with other fruits and agricultural products. The apple production though is the main economic activity of the Bachiniva municipality.
As of 2020, the town of Bachíniva had a population of 5,807.[1]