Santa Bárbara Municipality Explained

Santa Bárbara
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:Santa Bárbara
Named For:Saint Barbara
Area Total Km2:424.2
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:11,582
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:26.8°N -154°W

Santa Bárbara is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Bárbara. The municipality, one of the smallest in Chihuahua, covers an area of 424.2 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,427,[1] up from 10,120 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the city of Santa Bárbara had a population of 8,765.[1] Other than the city of Santa Bárbara, the municipality had 105 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 53 localities. The largest are:

Name Population (2005)
8,673
374
334
Total Municipality 10,120

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santa Bárbara. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Santa Bárbara. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. October 19, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070528044741/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08060a.htm. May 28, 2007.