Buenaventura Municipality Explained

Buenaventura
Settlement Type:Municipality
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:San Buenaventura
Area Total Km2:8938.3
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:22,378
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:29.8333°N -135°W

Buenaventura is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Buenaventura. The municipality covers an area of 8,938.3 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,378,[1] up from 20,533 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 237 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San Buenaventura (6,957), Ejido Benito Juárez (5,778), Constitución (2,709), Flores Magón (2,510), classified as urban, and Rodrigo M. Quevedo (1,367), classified as rural.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

Name Population (2005)
9,402
5,199
2,547
2,439
946
Total Municipality 20,533

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buenaventura. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Buenaventura. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. August 18, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223203128/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08010a.htm#. 2007-02-23. dead.