Janos is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...

of Chihuahua. It is located in the extreme northwest of Chihuahua, on the border with the state of

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

and the U.S. states of

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& New Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,953. The

municipal seat A municipal seat or ''cabecera municipal'' is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civil parish with other villes or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,Janos, Chihuahua Janos is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Janos Municipality of the same name. As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738. Janos was possibl ...

, which shares its name with the municipality. The El Berrendo/

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border crossing is located in the municipality. As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738. Other than the town of Janos, the municipality had 315 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Monte Verde (Altamira) (1,087), classified as rural. The name "Janos" was given by the Janos people, the

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inhabitants of the area upon the arrival of the Spaniards. The Janos were probably a sub-tribe or closely related to the

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people. Neither the Janos nor the Suma survived contact and are now extinct.

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missionaries originally built a mission in the location in 1640, under the name Soledad de Janos. The mission did not, however, survive a series of native revolts and was replaced on 16 October 1686 by a military ''

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'' under Gen. Juan Fernández de la Fuente. The ''presidio'' retained control of the area until the municipality was established in 1820.

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are: Other settlements: * El Berrendo (1)

Adjacent municipalities and counties

* Ascensión Municipality - east * Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality - southeast *

Casas Grandes Municipality Casas Grandes Municipality is located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The municipal seat is the town of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. The pre-Columbian archaeological zone Casas Grandes and its central site, after which the municipalit ...

- south *

Bacerac Municipality Bacerac (municipality) is a Municipalities of Mexico State, municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. References

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- southwest *

Bavispe Municipality Bavispe (municipality) is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It ...

, Sonora - west *

Agua Prieta Municipality Agua Prieta Municipality is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 82,918. Localities * San Bernardino Lagunas Adjacent municipalities and counties * Janos Municipality, Chihuahu ...

, Sonora - west *

Hidalgo County, New Mexico Hidalgo County ( es, Condado de Hidalgo) is the southernmost county of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,894. The county seat and largest city is Lordsburg. A bill creating Hidalgo from the southern part ...

- north

Sister City

Janos Municipality has one sister city.: * -

Lordsburg Lordsburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. Hidalgo County includes the southern "bootheel" of New Mexico, along the Arizona border. The population was 2,797 at the 2010 census, down from 3,379 in 20 ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, USA

Notes

References

Janos, Chihuahua
''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)'' {{chihuahua Municipalities of Chihuahua (state) States and territories established in 1820