Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero, Chihuahua Explained

Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero
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:Práxedis G. Guerrero
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1849
Area Total Km2:808.97
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:2,128
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:31.3728°N -106.0056°W
Elevation M:1100
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:32780
Area Code:656
Website:http://www.mpiopraxedisguerrero.gob.mx

Práxedis Gilberto Guerrero is the municipal seat of the municipality of Práxedis G. Guerrero in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

In the 2005 Census, the town reported a population of 3,431.[1] [2] Only five years later, at the 2010 census, the population had declined dramatically to 2,128 inhabitants.[3]

History

The town was founded in 1849, as San Ignacio, by the priest Ramón Ortiz y Miera.The original settlers were a group of people from Texas and New Mexico, who did not wish to remain in the United States following the cession of those territories under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.[4]

Its current name was given to it by the State Congress in December 1983, to honour the Revolutionary leader Práxedis G. Guerrero, who was killed in action in Janos, Chihuahua, on 30 December 1910.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Práxedis G. Guerrero. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2008-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223200906/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08053a.htm. 2007-02-23. dead.
  2. Población total por municipio según grandes grupos de edad, 2005 INEGI.
  3. http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 2010 census tables: INEGI
  4. Web site: Práxedis G. Guerrero. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2008-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20070223200906/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08053a.htm. 2007-02-23. dead.
  5. Web site: Reseña histórica . Municipio de Práxedis G. Guerrero. 2008-10-24.