Casas Grandes Municipality
Casas Grandes | |
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Municipio libre (municipality) | |
Municipio de Casas Grandes | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chihuahua |
Settlement founded | 1661 |
Municipality created | 1820 |
Founded by | Captain Andrés Gracia |
Cabecera municipal (Municipal seat) | [Pueblo de] Casas Grandes |
localidades (localities) | Principal localities (2005 population)
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Government | |
• Type | H. Ayuntamiento Municipal (municipal government) |
• Presidente Municipal | Dagoberto Quintana Cano (PAN) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,719 km2 (1,436 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,480 m (4,860 ft) |
Population (2005)[2] | |
• Total | 8,413 |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi) |
data from II Conteo de Población y Vivienda | |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Tiempo de la Montaña (Mountain Time)) |
códigos postales (postal codes) | 31850 through to 31863 |
Area code | 636 |
INEGI state code | 08 |
INEGI municipality code | 013 |
Website | http://www.casasgrandes.gob.mx |
Casas Grandes is a municipio (municipality) in the state of Chihuahua, northern Mexico, and also the name of its largest settlement and cabecera municipal (municipal seat). The municipality covers a total area of some 3,719 square kilometres (1,436 sq mi), representing approximately 1.51% of Chihuahua state's total area.[3] As of 2005[update] census count data recorded by INEGI (in the II Conteo de Población y Vivienda), the municipality had 8,413 inhabitants.[4]
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.
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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 (online version at E-Local ed.). INAFED, Secretaría de Gobernación. Retrieved 2008-08-11. Template:Es icon
- 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. INEGI.
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