Country Mexico Capital town Guachochi | State Chihuahua Municipality created 31 December 1962 | |
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Guachochi is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Guachochi. The municipality covers an area of 4,340.35 km².
Map of Guachochi, Chihuahua, Mexico
It was created by the State Congress on 31 December 1962, with its escision from the municipality of Batopilas.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 49,689, up from 45,881 as of 2005.
As of 2010, the city of Guachochi had a population of 14,513. Other than the city of Guachochi, the municipality had 1,508 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Samachique (1,241), classified as rural.
Towns and villages
The municipality has 1,134 localities. The largest are: