Municipalities of Chihuahua
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state of Chihuahua is divided into 67 municipalities (municipios
Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...
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| 001 || Ahumada
Ahumada (municipality)
Ahumada is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Ahumada. The municipality covers an area of 17,131.5 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 11,727.-Towns and villages:...
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| 002 || Aldama || Juan Aldama
Juan Aldama, Chihuahua
Juan Aldama is a city and seat of the municipality of Aldama, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the city had a total population of 16,284....
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| 003 || Allende || Valle de Ignacio Allende
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| 004 || Aquiles Serdán
Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua
Aquiles Serdán is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Eulalia. The municipality covers an area of 651.1 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,742....
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Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua
Santa Eulalia is a town and seat of the municipality of Aquiles Serdán, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 2,089.Founded in 1652 by Diego del Castillo, it is one of the oldest settlements in the state....
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| 005 || Ascensión
Ascensión (municipality)
Ascensión is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Ascensión. The municipality covers an area of .As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 23,975....
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Ascensión
Ascensión is a city in northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Its population in the 2010 census was 13,456 inhabitants. The city is the capital of Ascensión Municipality....
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| 006 || Bachiniva
Bachíniva (municipality)
Bachíniva is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Bachíniva. The municipality covers an area of 1,691.9 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,242....
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Bachíniva
Bachíniva is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It was founded by Franciscan missionaries on 8 September 1660 as Santa María de Nativitas de Bachimba....
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| 007 || Balleza
Balleza
Balleza is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Mariano Balleza. The municipality covers an area of 7,073.6 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 16,325.-Towns and villages:...
|| Mariano Balleza
Mariano Balleza
Mariano Balleza is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, close to the border with Durango. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Balleza.In the 2005 INEGI Census, the town reported a total population of 1,990....
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| 008 || Batopilas || Batopilas
Batopilas, Chihuahua
Batopilas is a small town, and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, located along the Batopilas River at the bottom of one of the canyons that make up the Copper Canyon. It has a population of fewer than 2,000 people.- History :Batopilas was...
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| 009 || Bocoyna || Bocoyna
Bocoyna
Bocoyna is a town and seat of the municipality of Bocoyna, in Chihuahua state of northern Mexico. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 735.Bocoyna is located on the route of the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico Railroad...
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| 010 || Buenaventura
Buenaventura, Chihuahua
Buenaventura is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Buenaventura. The municipality covers an area of 8,938.3 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,533....
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San Buenaventura, Chihuahua
San Buenaventura is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the Buenaventura Municipality.As of the 2005 INEGI Census, the city had a total population of 9,402....
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| 011 || Camargo || Santa Rosalía de Camargo
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| 012 || Carichi || Carichi
Carichí
Carichí is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name.The town was founded as a Jesuit mission on 18 November 1675. Its name comes from the Tarahumara name Güerocarichí...
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| 013 || Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
Casas Grandes is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Casas Grandes Municipality of the same name....
|| Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
Casas Grandes is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Casas Grandes Municipality of the same name....
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| 014 || Chihuahua || Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
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| 015 || Chínipas || Chínipas de Almada
Chínipas de Almada
Chínipas de Almada is a town in the south-western portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, in the Sierra Madre Occidental. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Chínipas.The name honours Francisco R...
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| 016 || Coronado
Coronado, Chihuahua
Coronado is a one of the 67 Municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Coronado. The municipality covers an area of 1,756.1 km². It is a place in Mexico, in North America....
|| José Esteban Coronado
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| 017 || Coyame del Sotol
Coyame del Sotol
Coyame del Sotol is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Coyame. The municipality covers an area of 7,877 km².As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,681.-Name:...
|| Santiago de Coyame
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| 018 || Cuauhtémoc || Ciudad Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua
Ciudad Cuauhtémoc is a city located in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the seat of the municipality of Cuauhtémoc....
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| 019 || Cusihuiriachi || Cusihuiriachi
Cusihuiriachi
Cusihuiriachi is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Although it is now practically a ghost town, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. "Cusihuiriachi" is a Tarahumara word meaning "erect pole"....
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| 020 || Delicias || Delicias
Delicias, Chihuahua
Delicias is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and serves as the seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located southeast of the state capital, Chihuahua. Delicias was declared an official municipality of the state of Chihuahua on January 7, 1935...
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| 021 || Dr. Belisario Domínguez
Dr. Belisario Domínguez
Dr. Belisario Domínguez is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Lorenzo. The municipality covers an area of 7,877 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1453....
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San Lorenzo, Chihuahua
San Lorenzo is a village and seat of the municipality of Dr. Belisario Domínguez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 308....
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| 022 || El Tule
El Tule, Chihuahua
El Tule is a town in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The town serves as the seat of government for the surrounding El Tule Municipality which shares its name....
|| El Tule
El Tule, Chihuahua
El Tule is a town in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The town serves as the seat of government for the surrounding El Tule Municipality which shares its name....
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| 023 || Galeana
Galeana, Chihuahua
Galeana is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Hermenegildo Galeana. The municipality covers an area of 1,529 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,774....
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Hermenegildo Galeana, Chihuahua
Hermenegildo Galeana is a town and seat of the municipality of Galeana, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.It is named after Hermenegildo Galeana....
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| 024 || Gómez Farías || Valentín Gómez Farias
Valentín Gómez Farías, Chihuahua
Valentín Gómez Farías is a town and seat of the Gómez Farías Municipality, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.It is named after Valentín Gómez Farías....
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| 025 || Gran Morelos
Gran Morelos
Gran Morelos is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Nicolás de Carretas. The municipality covers an area of 424.2 km².In the 2005 Census, the municipality had a total population of 3,092....
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San Nicolás de Carretas
San Nicolás de Carretas is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Gran Morelos.San Nicolás de Carretas was founded as a Franciscan mission in 1688....
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| 026 || Guachochi || Guachochi
Guachochi
Guachochi is a city in the south-western portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.In the 2005 INEGI census, the city reported a total population of 12,385.-History:...
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| 027 || Guadalupe || Guadalupe
Guadalupe, Chihuahua
Guadalupe is a city and seat of the municipality of Guadalupe, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a total population of 3,022 inhabitants....
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| 028 || Guadalupe y Calvo || Guadalupe y Calvo
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| 029 || Guazapares
Guazapares
Guazapares is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Témoris. The municipality covers an area of 2,145.8 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 8,010.-Towns and villages:...
|| Témoris
Témoris
Témoris is a town and seat of the municipality of Guazapares, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,639....
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| 030 || Guerrero
Guerrero, Chihuahua
Guerrero is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Vicente Guerrero . The municipality covers an area of 5,603.6 km²....
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Vicente Guerrero, Chihuahua
Vicente Guerrero is a city and seat of the municipality of Guerrero, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 6,536....
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| 031 || Hidalgo del Parral || Hidalgo del Parral
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| 032 || Huejotitán || Huejotitán
Huejotitán
Huejotitán is a village and seat of the municipality of Huejotitán, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 244....
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| 033 || Ignacio Zaragoza || Ignacio Zaragoza
Ignacio Zaragoza, Chihuahua
Ignacio Zaragoza is a city and seat of the municipality of Ignacio Zaragoza, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. , the town had a total population of 3,190....
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| 034 || Janos || Janos
Janos, Chihuahua
Janos is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Janos Municipality of the same name. The 2010 Mexican national census reported a population of 2,738 inhabitants....
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| 035 || Jiménez || José Mariano Jiménez
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| 036 || Juárez
Juárez (municipality of Chihuahua)
Juárez is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ciudad Juárez. The municipality covers an area of ....
|| Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
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| 037 || Julimes
Julimes (municipality)
Julimes is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Julimes. The municipality covers an area of 2,767.3 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,507.-Towns and villages:...
|| Julimes
Julimes
Julimes is a town and seat of the municipality of Julimes, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,756.The community is adjacent the east bank of a north-flowing section of the Rio Conchos....
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| 038 || La Cruz
La Cruz (municipality of Chihuahua)
La Cruz is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at La Cruz. The municipality covers an area of 1,035.9 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,844.-Towns and villages:...
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La Cruz, Chihuahua
La Cruz is a town and seat of the municipality of La Cruz, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,318....
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| 039 || López
López, Chihuahua
López is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa López. The municipality covers an area of 1,317.1 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,914.-Towns and villages:...
|| Villa López
Villa López
Villa López is a town and seat of the municipality of López, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 2,066....
(Octaviano López)
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| 040 || Madera || Cd. Madera
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| 041 || Maguarichi
Maguarichi (municipality)
Maguarichi is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Maguarichi village. The municipality covers an area of 937.2 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 2,116.-Towns and villages:...
|| Maguarichi
Maguarichi
Maguarichi is a town and seat of the municipality of Maguarichi, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 751....
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| 042 || Manuel Benavides
Manuel Benavides (municipality)
Manuel Benavides is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Manuel Benavides village. The municipality covers an area of 3,191.5 km²....
|| Manuel Benavides
Manuel Benavides
Manuel Benavides is a small town and seat of the municipality of Manuel Benavides, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 877....
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| 043 || Matachi || Matachi
Matachí
Matachí is a town and seat of the municipality of Matachí, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua....
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| 044 || Matamoros || Mariano Matamoros
Mariano Matamoros, Chihuahua
Mariano Matamoros is a town and seat of the municipality of Matamoros, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 2,256....
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| 045 || Meoqui
Meoqui
Meoqui is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Pedro Meoqui. The municipality covers an area of370 km², making it one of the smallest in the state but one of the most densely populated....
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Pedro Meoqui
Meoqui is a town Named after General Pedro Meoqui and seat of the municipality of Meoqui, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 21,306....
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| 046 || Morelos || Morelos
Morelos, Chihuahua
Morelos is a town and seat of the municipality of Ignacio Zaragoza, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 735....
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| 047 || Moris || Moris
Moris, Chihuahua
Moris is a town and seat of the municipality of Moris, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,158....
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| 048 || Namiquipa || Namiquipa
Namiquipa
Namiquipa is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Namiquipa.In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,314, of whom 1,718 lived in the municipal seat....
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| 049 || Nonoava || Nonoava
Nonoava
Nonoava is a town and seat of the municipality of Nonoava, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,209...
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| 050 || Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality
Nuevo Casas Grandes is a Mexican municipality, located in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico. The capital and seat of the municipality is the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, which has the same name as the surrounding municipality.-References:...
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Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes, also known as Nueva Casas Grandes, is a city and seat of the Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality in northern Mexico. It is located in the northwestern part of the state of Chihuahua, on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, situated in a wide, fertile valley on the 4,000-foot...
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| 051 || Ocampo || Melchor Ocampo
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| 052 || Ojinaga || Manuel Ojinaga
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| 053 || Práxedis G. Guerrero
Práxedis G. Guerrero (municipality)
Práxedis G. Guerrero is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Práxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua. The municipality covers an area of 808.97 km² and stands on the US border close to Ciudad Juárez.-Name:...
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| 054 || Riva Palacio
Riva Palacio, Chihuahua
Riva Palacio is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Andrés. The municipality covers an area of 808.97 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 7,811....
|| San Andrés
San Andrés, Chihuahua
San Andrés is a small town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding Riva Palacio Municipality.In the 2005 INEGI Census, San Andrés reported a total population of 667....
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| 055 || Rosales
Rosales, Chihuahua
Rosales is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Cruz de Rosales. The municipality covers an area of 1716.6 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 15,935.-Towns and villages:...
|| Santa Cruz de Rosales
Santa Cruz de Rosales
Santa Cruz de Rosales is a town and seat of the municipality of Rosales, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 5,377...
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| 056 || Rosario
Rosario, Chihuahua
Rosario is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Valle del Rosario. The municipality covers an area of 1785.6 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,130....
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Valle del Rosario
Valle del Rosario is a town and seat of the municipality of Rosales, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua....
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| 057 || San Francisco de Borja || San Francisco de Borja
San Francisco de Borja
San Francisco de Borja is a town and seat of the municipality of San Francisco de Borja, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,142....
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| 058 || San Francisco de Conchos || San Francisco de Conchos
San Francisco de Conchos
San Francisco de Conchos is a town and seat of the municipality of San Francisco de Conchos, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 596....
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| 059 || San Francisco del Oro
San Francisco del Oro
San Francisco del Oro is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Oro town. The municipality, one of the smallest in Chihuahua covers an area of 695.5 km²....
|| San Francisco del Oro
San Francisco del Oro
San Francisco del Oro is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Oro town. The municipality, one of the smallest in Chihuahua covers an area of 695.5 km²....
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| 060 || Santa Bárbara || Santa Bárbara
Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua
Santa Bárbara is a city and seat of the municipality of Santa Bárbara, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the city had a total population of 8,673.-History:...
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| 061 || Santa Isabel || Santa Isabel
Santa Isabel, Chihuahua
Santa Isabel is a small town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Santa Isabel.As of 2005, Santa Isabel had a total population of 1412....
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| 062 || Satevo
Satevó
Satevó is a 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....
|| San Francisco Javier de Satevo
San Francisco Javier de Satevó
San Francisco Javier de Satevó is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Satevó....
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| 063 || Saucillo || Saucillo
Saucillo
Saucillo is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Saucillo.As of 2005, Saucillo had a total population of 9,261....
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| 064 || Temósachi || Temósachi
Temósachi
Temósachi is a town and seat of the municipality of Temósachi, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,786....
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| 065 || Urique || Urique
Urique
Urique is a town and seat of the municipality of Urique, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 984 Located in the southwest corner of the entity in the region of the cliffs, the town is at the bottom of the call Barranca de Urique , formed by...
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| 066 || Uruachi || Uruachi
Uruachi
Uruachi is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, close to the border with the state of Sonora....
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| 067 || Valle de Zaragoza || Valle de Zaragoza
Valle de Zaragoza
Valle de Zaragoza is a settlement in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Valle de Zaragoza...
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