Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality
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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.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
municipality
Municipalities of Chihuahua
The Mexican state of Chihuahua is divided into 67 municipalities :...
, located in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico. The capital and seat of the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
is the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes
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...
, which has the same name as the surrounding municipality.