Cusihuiriachi Municipality Explained

Cusihuiriachi
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:Cusihuiriachi
Area Total Km2:1810.3
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:5414
Population Urban:63
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:28.2411°N -106.8367°W
Elevation M:2017

Cusihuiriachi is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Cusihuiriachi. The municipality covers an area of 1,810.3 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 5,414 inhabitants.[1] Cusihuiriachi Municipality has the distinction of having the smallest municipal seat in Mexico relative to its municipal population. Its municipal seat had an official population of 63 inhabitants, which accounted for only 1.164 percent of the municipality's population. (There are three municipal seats that are less populous, Santa María del Rosario, Santa María Nduayaco, and Santa Cruz Tayata, all in the State of Oaxaca, but their municipalities are also much less populous than Cusihuiriachi.)

Geography

Towns and villages

The largest localities (all rural) are listed below. Note that the only urban locality, the municipal seat, Cusihuiriachi, with a population of 63 inhabitants, is not among them.

Name Population
Los Álamos de Cerro Prieto 614
Cerro Prieto (Cerro Prieto de Abajo) 400
Chopeque 378
Colonia Cusi (Ojo de Agua) 307
Campo Número Veintiséis 266
Campo Número Veintiocho 260
Bajío de Abajo 208
Total Municipality 5,414

Notes and References

  1. http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 2010 census tables: INEGI