Chínipas Municipality

Chínipas
Municipality
Municipality of Chínipas in Chihuahua
Municipality of Chínipas in Chihuahua
Chínipas is located in Mexico
Chínipas
Chínipas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 27°24′N 108°32′W / 27.400°N 108.533°W / 27.400; -108.533
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
Municipal seatChínipas de Almada
Area
 • Total
2,278.9 km2 (879.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
8,441

Chínipas is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Chínipas de Almada. The municipality covers an area of 2,278.9 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 8,441,[1] up from 7,233 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 256 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Chínipas de Almada (1,934), classified as urban, and Milpillas (1,025), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chínipas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Chinipas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-22.


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