Guachochi Explained

Guachochi
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Mexico Chihuahua
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Chihuahua
Pushpin Label Position:above
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Chihuahua
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Guachochi
Subdivision Type3:Official Website
Subdivision Name3:http://www.guachochi.com.mx
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:Mid-18th century
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:14,513
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:26.8194°N -107.07°W
Elevation M:2400
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:33180
Area Code:649
Blank Name:Demonym
Blank Info:Guachochiteco

Guachochi is a city in the south-western portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The city of Guachochi serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

As of 2010, the city of Guachochi had a population of 14,513,[1] up from 12,385 in 2005.[2]

Municipality

Guachochi is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Guachochi. The municipality covers an area of 4,340.35 km2.

It was created by the State Congress on 31 December 1962, with its excision from the municipality of Batopilas.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 49,689,[1] up from 45,881 as of 2005.[3]

As of 2010, the city of Guachochi had a population of 14,513.[1] Other than the city of Guachochi, the municipality had 1,508 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Samachique (1,241), classified as rural.[1]

The municipality has 1,134 localities. The largest are:

Name Population (2005)
Guachochi 12,385
1,115
752
729
Total Municipality 45,881

History

The settlement was founded by Jesuit missionaries in the mid-18th century. In 1952 Guachochi, then only a small village, was chosen as the location of one of the first two Indigenous Centres of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INI). It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara. The area around Guachochi is rich in history, and old Jesuit missions are kept in several communities. Guachochi was established in the middle of the 18th century as part of a mission, whose name was Guachochi. The original mission buildings no longer exist. Tónachi, Yoquivo, the temple of Our Lady of Loreto of Yoquivo, and the temple of Our Lady of Pilar de Norogachi, in Norogachi are places where old Jesuit buildings are still conserved.

Media

Guachochi is home to XETAR-AM, a government-run community radio station that broadcasts to the local area in Spanish, Rarámuri and Tepehuano.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guachochi. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 3 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303123813/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=027. dead.
  2. Web site: Guachochi. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2008-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223203407/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08027a.htm. 2007-02-23. dead.
  3. Web site: Guachochi. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2008-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223203407/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08027a.htm. 2007-02-23. dead.