Bachíniva Municipality Explained

Bachíniva
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chihuahua
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Bachíniva
Area Total Km2:1691.9
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:6,011
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:28.8°N -160°W

Bachíniva is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Bachíniva. The municipality covers an area of 1,691.9 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 6,011,[1] down from 7,242 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Bachíniva had a population of 2,109.[1] Other than the town of Bachíniva, the municipality had 117 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: El Porvenir (1,071), classified as rural.[1]

The head of the municipality was founded in 1660 by the Orden de San Francisco de Asís, and was originally named Santa María de Nativitas de Bachimba, which was changed years later to the current Bachíniva.[3]

Bachíniva is self-named the Apple Paradise, as it is home to many apple orchards. Many of the jobs in the municipality come from these orchards.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bachíniva. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Bachiniva . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . August 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070519094729/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08006a.htm . May 19, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Municipio de Bachíniva . 2008-11-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722224734/http://www.bachiniva.gob.mx/Contenido/plantilla5.asp?cve_canal=5704&Portal=bachiniva . 2011-07-22 .