| Coyame del Sotol | |
| 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 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Coyame |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1844 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 7877 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 1,681 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 29.4614°N -105.0972°W |
| Elevation M: | 1220 |
Coyame del Sotol is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat is Coyame. The municipality covers an area of 7877km2.
As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,681.[1] [2]
The municipality had 232 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[2]
"Coyame" is the Apache toponym of a nearby arroyo."Sotol" is the local name for Dasylirion wheeleri, a flowering desert plant, and for sotol, a distilled mezcal-like spirit made from it.
The municipality has 46 localities. These are the largest:
| Village | 2010 census population | |
|---|---|---|
| Total municipality | 1,681 | |
| 709 | ||
| 235 | ||
| 184 | ||
| 124 |