Casas Grandes Municipality

Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes
	Municipio libre (municipality)
	Municipio de Casas Grandes
	Coat of arms
	location within the state of Chihuahua
	Casas Grandes location of cabecera municipal within Mexico
	Coordinates(municipal seat): 30°22′31″N107°56′54″W / 30.37528°N 107.94833°W Coordinates: 30°22′31″N107°56′54″W / 30.37528°N 107.94833°W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Settlement founded	1661
Municipality created	1820
Founded by	Captain Andrés Gracia
Cabecera municipal (Municipal seat)	Casas Grandes
localidades (localities)	Principal localities (2005 population) Pueblo de Casas Grandes (3,433); Colonia Juárez (1,357); Juan Mata Ortiz (949); Colonia Enríquez (598); Ejido Guadalupe Victoria (414);
Government election held July 1, 2007
• Type	H. Ayuntamiento Municipal; (municipal government)
• Presidente Municipal	Dagoberto Quintana Cano (PAN)
Area
• Municipio libre (municipality)	3,719 km2 (1,436 sq mi)
• Urban	3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Elevation	1,480 m (4,860 ft)
Population (2010)
• Municipio libre (municipality)	10,587
• Density	2.8/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-7 ( Tiempo de la Montaña ; (Mountain Time))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (Tiempo de la Montaña)
códigos postales (postal codes)	31850 through to 31863
Area code(s)	636
INEGI state code	08
INEGI municipality code	013

Last updated February 01, 2021

Casas Grandes Municipality is located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The municipal seat is the town of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.

The pre-Columbian archaeological zone Casas Grandes and its central site, after which the municipality is named, is located within the municipality's territory. The site of Casas Grandes, alternatively known as Paquimé, is one of the most significant pre-Columbian cultural and archaeological sites in the region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States known in some archaeological contexts as the Oasisamerica culture area.

Geography

The municipality of Casas Grandes is situated in the northwestern sector of Chihuahua state, the largest state of Mexico by area. (Pueblo de) Casas Grandes, the municipal capital and its most populous localidad (locality or settlement), is approximately 359 kilometres (223 mi) to the northwest of the state's capital, the city of Chihuahua. Casas Grandes is bounded by the municipalities of Janos to the north, Galeana, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Madera, Chihuahua to the east, and Ignacio Zaragoza to the south. On its western flank Casas Grandes adjoins municipalities within the state of Sonora.^[3]

Demographics

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,587,^[2] up from 8,413 as of 2005.

As of 2010, the town of Casas Grandes had a population of 5,256.^[2] Other than the town of Casas Grandes, the municipality had 296 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Juan Mata Ortíz (Pearson) (1,182) and Colonia Juárez (1,035), classified as rural.^[2]

Notes

↑ Elevation given is that of the municipal seat and largest settlement, Pueblo de Casas Grandes. Source: INAFED (2005)
1 2 3 4 "Casas Grandes". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ INAFED (2005)

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References

INAFED (Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal) (2005). "Casas Grandes, Estado de Chihuahua". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish) (online version at E-Local ed.). INAFED, Secretaría de Gobernación. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) (2006). "Estado de Chihuahua: Población total, edad mediana y relación hombres-mujeres por municipio según sexo" (PDF). II Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005. Resultados definitivos. Tabulados básicos (in Spanish). INEGI.

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[1] Elevation given is that of the municipal seat and largest settlement, Pueblo de Casas Grandes. Source: INAFED (2005)

[SEDESOL-2] 1 2 3 4 "Casas Grandes". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[3] INAFED (2005)

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