Matamoros Municipality, Chihuahua Explained

Matamoros
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:Mariano Matamoros
Area Total Km2:1139.5
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:4,499
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:26.7636°N -105.5822°W

Matamoros is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Mariano Matamoros (aka "Villa Matamoros"). The municipality covers an area of 1,139.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 4,499,[1] up from 4,304 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 109 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: Mariano Matamoros (2,615), classified as urban.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 46 localities. The largest are:

Name Population (2005)
2,256
509
345
312
Total Municipality 4,304

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matamoros. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Matamoros. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. October 13, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617065819/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08044a.htm. June 17, 2011.