Batopilas Municipality
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Batopilas | |
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| Municipality of Batopilas in Chihuahua Municipality of Batopilas in Chihuahua | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Municipal seat | Batopilas |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,064.6 km2 (797.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 14,362 |
Batopilas de Manuel Gómez Morín (Spanish: [batoˈpilas] Audio file "Batopilas.ogg" not found) is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Batopilas. The municipality covers an area of 2,064.6 km2.
The name "Batopilas de Manuel Gómez Morín" was adopted in 2017 to honor of Manuel Gómez Morín (1897-1972), who was born here and was a prominent Mexican lawyer, academician and politician.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 14,362,[1] up from 13,298 as of 2005.[2]
As of 2010, the town of Batopilas had a population of 1,220.[1] Other than the town of Batopilas, the municipality had 603 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Towns and villages
[edit | edit source]| Name | Population (2005) |
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| Batopilas | 1,210 |
| Yoquivo | 678 |
| Mineral Polanco | 525 |
| Total Municipality | 13,268 |
