Villa López

Villa López
Town
Villa López Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 27°0′N 105°2′W / 27.000°N 105.033°W / 27.000; -105.033Coordinates: 27°0′N 105°2′W / 27.000°N 105.033°W / 27.000; -105.033
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipality	López
Population (2010)
• Total	2,184

Villa López is a town and seat of the municipality of López, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,184,^[1] up from 2,066 as of 2005.^[2]

It was given its official modern name Octaviano López after the Mexican army captain, Octaviano López. Upon its foundation in 1619 it was originally called Atotonilco.^[3]

References

↑ "López". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 25, 2008
↑ Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Secretaría de Gobernación (2005). «Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México». Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Consulted in 2010

State of Chihuahua

Chihuahua (capital)

Cities	Ciudad Chihuahua Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Ciudad Juárez Delicias Parral

Municipalities	List of the sixty-seven municipalities in Chihuahua with their municipal seats (cabecera municipal)

History	History of Chihuahua (state) Timeline of Chihuahua City Timeline of Ciudad Juárez

Sights	Lake Arareco Basaseachic Falls Casas Grandes Copper Canyon Cuarenta Casas Cueva de la Ranchería Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site) Cumbres de Majalca National Park Peguis Canyon Piedra Volada Samalayuca Dunes Sierra Madre Occidental

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