Ocampo | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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: | Ocampo |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 527 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 28.1933°N -108.3667°W |
Melchor Ocampo, more commonly simply Ocampo is a town and seat of the municipality of Ocampo, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.[1] As of 2010, the town had a population of 527.[2]
Originally settled as Jesús María, in 1861 it changed its name to honour recently assassinated Melchor Ocampo.