Nonoava | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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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: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Nonoava |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 1,272 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 27.4667°N -150°W |
Nonoava is a town and seat of the municipality of Nonoava, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town of Nonoava had a population of 1,272,[1] up from 1,209 as of 2005.[2] The settlement was founded on the right bank of the Nonoava River in 1676 by the Jesuit missionary Francis Artuaga, and named Nuestra Señora de Montserrat de Nonoava.[3]