Ocampo, Chihuahua

Ocampo
City
Ocampo Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°11′36″N 108°22′00″W / 28.19333°N 108.36667°W / 28.19333; -108.36667Coordinates: 28°11′36″N 108°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

↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 19, 2008
↑ "Ocampo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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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