Namiquipa Municipality

Namiquipa is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Namiquipa.

Namiquipa
Municipality
Municipality of Namiquipa in Chihuahua
Namiquipa Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 29°15′01″N 107°24′33″W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Namiquipa
Municipality created	21 November 1844
Government
• Municipal President	Héctor Ariel Meixueiro Muñoz (PRI)
Area
• Total	4,212.58 km^2 (1,626.49 sq mi)
Elevation	1,888 m (6,194 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	22,880
• Density	5.4/km^2 (14/sq mi)
Demonym	Namiquipense
Website	www.namiquipa.gob.mx

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,880,[1] up from 20,314 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Namiquipa had a population of 1,752,[1] up from 1,718 as of 2005.[3] Other than the town of Namiquipa, the municipality had 363 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santa Ana (2,978), classified as urban, and El Terrero (2,621), El Molino (2,176), Benito Juárez (1,967), classified as urban, and Cruces (1,206), and Independencia (Cologachi) (1,088), classified as rural.[1]

References

1. "Namiquipa". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. "Namiquipa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
3. "Namiquipa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2008.