Buenaventura Municipality

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.

Buenaventura
Municipal Palace
Municipal Palace
Municipality of Buenaventura in Chihuahua
Municipality of Buenaventura in Chihuahua
Coordinates: 29°50′N 107°28′W
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
Municipal seatSan Buenaventura
Area
  Total8,938.3 km2 (3,451.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total22,378

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

NamePopulation (2005)
San Buenaventura9,402
Ejido Benito Juárez5,199
Flores Magón2,547
Constitución2,439
San Lorenzo946
Total Municipality20,533

References

  1. "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. Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. Retrieved August 18, 2008.


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