Ocampo, Chihuahua

Ocampo
Town
Ocampo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°11′36″N108°22′00″W / 28.19333°N 108.36667°W / 28.19333; -108.36667
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipality	Ocampo
Population  (2010)
• Total	527

Melchor Ocampo, more commonly simply Ocampo is a town and seat of the municipality of Ocampo, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. ^[1] As of 2010, the town had a population of 527. ^[2]

Originally settled as Jesús María, in 1861 it changed its name to honour recently assassinated Melchor Ocampo.

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 19, 2008
2. "Ocampo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.