Namiquipa Municipality Explained

Namiquipa
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:Namiquipa
Leader Title:Municipal President
Leader Name:Héctor Ariel Meixueiro Muñoz (PRI)
Established Title:Municipality created
Established Date:21 November 1844
Area Total Km2:4212.58
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:22,880
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:29.2503°N -107.4092°W
Elevation M:1888
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Blank1 Name:Demonym
Blank1 Info:Namiquipense
Website:www.namiquipa.gob.mx

Namiquipa is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Namiquipa.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,880,[1] up from 20,314 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Namiquipa had a population of 1,752,[1] up from 1,718 as of 2005.[3] Other than the town of Namiquipa, the municipality had 363 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santa Ana (2,978), classified as urban, and El Terrero (2,621), El Molino (2,176), Benito Juárez (1,967), classified as urban, and Cruces (1,206), and Independencia (Cologachi) (1,088), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Namiquipa. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Namiquipa. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. October 13, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070529050147/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08048a.htm. May 29, 2007.
  3. Web site: Namiquipa. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. October 13, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070529050147/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08048a.htm. May 29, 2007.