Camargo Municipality, Chihuahua

Camargo
Municipality

Coat of arms

Municipality of Camargo in Chihuahua
Camargo

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 27°41′N 105°10′W / 27.683°N 105.167°W / 27.683; -105.167Coordinates: 27°41′N 105°10′W / 27.683°N 105.167°W / 27.683; -105.167
Country  Mexico
State Chihuahua
Municipal seat Santa Rosalía de Camargo
Area
  Total 16,066 km2 (6,203 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 48,748

Camargo is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Rosalía de Camargo. The municipality covers an area of 16,066 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 48,748,[1] up from 47,209 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 623 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Santa Rosalía de Camargo (40,221), classified as urban.[1]

The municipality has the second-largest land area in the state (after Ahumada), and is also one of the largest in all of Mexico. It is almost all very sparsely populated except for the city of Santa Rosalía de Camargo, which is the seventh-largest community in the state in population with around 40,000.

Geography

Towns and villages

Name Population (2005)
Camargo 39,149
La Perla 898
San Ignacio 618
Total Municipality 47,209

References

  1. 1 2 "Camargo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Camargo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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