Country Mexico Municipal seat Valentín Gómez Farías Population 8,624 (2010) | State Chihuahua Area 986.6 km² Capital Valentín Gómez Farías | |
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Gómez Farías is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Valentín Gómez Farías, Chihuahua. The municipality covers an area of 986.6 km².
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It was named for Valentín Gómez Farías, a 19th-century President of the Republic.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 8,624, up from 7,583 as of 2005.
The municipality had 42 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Valentín Gómez Farías (5,330), classified as urban, and Peña Blanca (1,092), classified as rural.
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Gómez Farías Municipality, Chihuahua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA