Guerrero Municipality, Chihuahua
Municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua
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Guerrero is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Vicente Guerrero (aka Ciudad Guerrero). The municipality covers an area of 5,603.6 km2.
Guerrero | |
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Municipal Palace | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Municipality of Guerrero in Chihuahua | |
| Coordinates: 28°32′20″N 107°29′30″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Chihuahua |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Named after | Vicente Guerrero |
| Seat | Vicente Guerrero |
| Largest city | La Junta |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,603.6 km2 (2,163.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 39,626 |
| • Density | 7.0715/km2 (18.315/sq mi) |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 39,626,[1] up from 37,249 as of 2005.[2]
The municipality had 822 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: La Junta (8,930), Vicente Guerrero (7,751), Tomochi (2,818), classified as urban, and Basúchil (1,451), and Orozco (San Isidro Pascual Orozco) (1,263), classified as rural.[1]
Geography
Municipal presidents
- (1989 - 1992): Luis Moya Anchondo
- (1992 - 1995): Carlos Comadurán
- (1995 - 1998): Alfonso Domínguez Carreón
- (1998 - 2001): Jesús Alfredo Velarde Guzmán
- (2001 - 2004): Jorge Morales Morales
- (2004 - 2007): Alfonso Domínguez Carreón
- (2007 - 2010): José Gabriel Almeyda Ochoa
