Satevó Municipality Explained

Satevó
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:21 November 1844
Named For:"sandy lands" in Tarahumara
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:San Francisco Javier de Satevó
Seat1 Type:Largest city
Seat1:San Francisco Javier de Satevó
Leader Title:Municipal President
Area Total Km2:2185.1
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:3,662
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:7:03pm
Coordinates:27.9542°N -106.1064°W
Elevation M:1380
Website:www.satevo.gob.mx

Satevó is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco Javier de Satevó. The municipality covers an area of 2,185.1 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 3,662,[1] down from 3,856 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 244 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[1]

Satevó began as a Jesuit mission to the Tarahumara in about 1640.[3]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 126 localities. The largest are:

Name Population (2005)
451
244
237
214
155
Los Veranos
Total Municipality 3,856

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Satevó. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Satevó. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. October 25, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617074342/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08061a.htm. June 17, 2011.
  3. Edward C. Spicer, Cycles of Conquest (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1962) p. 29