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Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Chihuahua

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Country
  
Mexico

Municipal seat
  
Cuauhtémoc

Population
  
154,639 (2010)

State
  
Chihuahua

Area
  
3,019 km²

Capital
  
Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Chihuahua

Colleges and Universities
  
Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, TecMilenio University, Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It was named after the Aztec Indian ruler Cuauhtémoc, which means "aguila que cae" (fallen eagle). The municipality's seat is Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. The municipality is located to the west of the Chihuahua's capital city, Chihuahua. There is a close relation between three cultures in this region: Mennonite culture, Tarahumara culture and mestizo culture. Since 1994 there is a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary arts festival known as "Festival de las Tres Culturas".

Contents

Map of Cuauht%C3%A9moc Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 154,639,

As of 2010, the city of Cuauhtémoc had a population of 114,007. Other than the city of Cuauhtémoc, the municipality had 664 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Colonia Anáhuac (9,952), classified as urban, and Colonia Obregón (Rubio) (2,241), and La Quemada (1,272), classified as rural.

References

Cuauhtémoc Municipality, Chihuahua Wikipedia