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Buenaventura Municipality

Coordinates: 29°50′N 107°28′W / 29.833°N 107.467°W / 29.833; -107.467
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Buenaventura
Municipal Palace
Municipal Palace
Municipality of Buenaventura in Chihuahua
Municipality of Buenaventura in Chihuahua
Coordinates: 29°50′N 107°28′W / 29.833°N 107.467°W / 29.833; -107.467
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
Municipal seatSan Buenaventura
Area
 • Total8,938.3 km2 (3,451.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total22,378

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.

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

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Towns and villages

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Name Population (2005)
San Buenaventura 9,402
Ejido Benito Juárez 5,199
Flores Magón 2,547
Constitución 2,439
San Lorenzo 946
Total Municipality 20,533

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.