Chihuahua Municipality

Chihuahua
Municipality
Plaza de Armas
Municipality of Chihuahua
Chihuahua Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°38′07″N 106°05′20″W / 28.63528°N 106.08889°WCoordinates: 28°38′07″N 106°05′20″W / 28.63528°N 106.08889°W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Chihuahua, Chih.
Municipality created	7 August 1821
Government
• Mayor of Chihuahua	Javier Garfio Pacheco (PRI)
Area
• Total	9,219.30 km^2 (3,559.59 sq mi)
Elevation	1,440 m (4,720 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	819,543
Postal code	31000
Area code(s)	614
Website	http://www.municipiochihuahua.gob.mx

Chihuahua is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Chihuahua which is also the capital of Chihuahua State.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 819,543,^[1] up from 758,791 as of 2005. It covers an area of 9219.30 km².

As of 2010, the city of Chihuahua had a population of 809,232,^[1] up from 748,551 as of 2005. Other than the city of Chihuahua, the municipality had 888 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: El Sauz (1,499), classified as rural.^[1]

Geography

Principal locations in Chihuahua Municipality.

The municipality includes 888 localities, the population of the principal ones are:

Locality	Population
Total of Municipality	758,791
Chihuahua	748,518
El Sauz	1,541
Nuevo Delicias	722
San Isidro, Los Hoyos	628
La Casita	333
Nuevo Sacramento	322
Labor de Terrazas	313
Estación Terrazas	306
El Charco	263
Sacramento	229
Colonia Soto	195
Ciénega de Ortiz	53

References

1. "Chihuahua". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.

• Municipio de Chihuahua Enciclopedia de los municipios de México, INAFED