Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

Infobox Settlement
name = Casas Grandes
official_name = Municipio de Casas Grandes
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settlement_type = "Municipio libre" (municipality)
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mapsize = 200px
map_caption = location within the state of Chihuahua


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pushpin_map_caption = location of "cabecera municipal" within Mexico
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Mexico
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Chihuahua
subdivision_type2 =
subdivision_name2 =
seat_type = "Cabecera municipal" (Municipal seat)
seat = [Pueblo de Casas Grandes| [Pueblo de] Casas Grandes]
parts_type = "localidades" (localities)
parts_style =
parts = Principal localities (2005 population)
p1 = Pueblo de Casas Grandes (3,433)
p2 = Colonia Juárez (1,357)
p3 = Juan Mata Ortiz (949)
p4 = Colonia Enríquez (598)
p5 = Ejido Guadalupe Victoria (414)
government_footnotes = election held July 1, 2007
government_type = "H. Ayuntamiento Municipal"
(municipal government)
leader_party = PAN
leader_title = Presidente Municipal
leader_name = Dagoberto Quintana Cano
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title = Settlement founded
established_date = 1661
established_title1 = Municipality created
established_date1 = 1820
founder = Captain Andrés Gracia
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area_total_km2 = 3719
area_land_km2 =
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area_water_percent =
area_urban_km2 =3.82
elevation_footnotes = [Elevation given is that of the municipal seat and largest settlement, Pueblo de Casas Grandes. Source: INAFED (2005)]
elevation_m = 1480
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population_as_of =2005
population_footnotes = [INEGI (2006)]
population_note = data from II Conteo de Población y Vivienda
population_total = 8413
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = "Tiempo de la Montaña"
(Mountain Time)
utc_offset = -7
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coor_pinpoint =municipal seat
coordinates_type =
latd=30 |latm=22 |lats=31 |latNS=N
longd=107 |longm=56 |longs=54 |longEW=W
postal_code_type = "códigos postales" (postal codes)
postal_code = 31850 through to 31863
area_code = 636
blank_name = INEGI state code
blank_info = 08
blank1_name = INEGI municipality code
blank1_info = 013
website = http://www.casasgrandes.gob.mx
footnotes =
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 convert|3719|km2|sqmi, representing approximately 1.51% of Chihuahua state's total area. [INAFED (2005, "Media Físico")] as of|2005 census count data recorded by INEGI (in the II Conteo de Población y Vivienda), the municipality had 8,413 inhabitants. [INEGI (2006)]

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.

Geography

The municipality of Casas Grandes is is situated in the northwestern sector of Chihuahua state, the largest state of Mexico by area. (Pueblo de) Casas Grandes, the municipal capital and its most populous "localidad" (locality or settlement), is approximately convert|359|km|mi to the northwest of the state's capital, the city of Chihuahua. Casas Grandes is bounded by the municipalities of Janos to the north, Galeana, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Madera, Chihuahua to the east, and Ignacio Zaragoza to the south. On its western flank Casas Grandes adjoins municipalities within the state of Sonora. [INAFED (2005)]

Towns and villages

Notes

References

: cite encyclopedia |year=2005 |title=Casas Grandes, Estado de Chihuahua |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08013a.htm |author=INAFED (Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal) |authorlink=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal|publisher=INAFED, Secretaría de Gobernación |edition=online version at E-Local |accessdate=2008-08-11 es icon : cite web|author=aut|INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) |authorlink=Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |year=2006 |title=Estado de Chihuahua: Población total, edad mediana y relación hombres-mujeres por municipio según sexo. |url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/ |format=PDF |work=II Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005. Resultados definitivos. Tabulados básicos |publisher=INEGI |accessdate= es icon


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