Buenaventura Municipality

Buenaventura
Municipality

Municipality of Buenaventura in Chihuahua
Buenaventura

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 29°50′N 107°28′W / 29.833°N 107.467°W / 29.833; -107.467Coordinates: 29°50′N 107°28′W / 29.833°N 107.467°W / 29.833; -107.467
Country  Mexico
State Chihuahua
Municipal seat San Buenaventura
Area
  Total 8,938.3 km2 (3,451.1 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 22,378

Buenaventura is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Buenaventura. The municipality covers an area of 8,938.3 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,378,[1] up from 20,533 as of 2005.[2]


The municipality had 237 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San Buenaventura (6,957), Ejido Benito Juárez (5,778), Constitución (2,709), Flores Magón (2,510), classified as urban, and Rodrigo M. Quevedo (1,367), classified as rural.[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

Name Population (2005)
San Buenaventura 9,402
Ejido Benito Juárez 5,199
Flores Magón 2,547
Constitución 2,439
San Lorenzo 946
Total Municipality 20,533

References

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


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