Guerrero Municipality, Chihuahua Explained

Guerrero
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1826
Named For:Vicente Guerrero
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Vicente Guerrero
Seat1 Type:Largest city
Seat1:La Junta
Area Total Km2:5603.6
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:39,626
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:28.5389°N -107.4917°W

Guerrero is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Vicente Guerrero (aka Ciudad Guerrero). The municipality covers an area of 5,603.6 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 39,626,[1] up from 37,249 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 822 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: La Junta (8,930), Vicente Guerrero (7,751), Tomochi (2,818), classified as urban, and Basúchil (1,451), and Orozco (San Isidro Pascual Orozco) (1,263), classified as rural.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 462 localities. The largest are:

Name Population (2005)
8,702
6,536
2,404
1,376
1,134
848
Total Municipality 8,010

Municipal presidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guerrero. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014322/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=031. dead.
  2. Web site: Guerrero. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. September 29, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063643/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08031a.htm. June 17, 2011.