Bocoyna Municipality Explained

Bocoyna
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:Bocoyna
Area Total Km2:2801.8
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:28,766
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:27.85°N -142°W

Bocoyna is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Bocoyna. The municipality covers an area of 2,801.8 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,766,[1] down from 29,907 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Bocoyna had a population of 796.[1] Other than the town of Bocoyna, the municipality had 633 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San Juanito (10,535), classified as urban, and Creel (5,026) and Sisoguichi (1,097), classified as rural.[1]

The municipality and its seat are located on the route of the Chihuahua Pacific Railroad.

Geography

Towns and villages

Name Population (2005)
9,938
5,338
1,051
735
411
351
Total Municipality 29,907

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bocoyna. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193644/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=009. dead.
  2. Web site: Bocoyna. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2008-08-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070317231208/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08009a.htm. 2007-03-17.