Chihuahua in Mexico (location map scheme)

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places * Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mu ...

is a

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in Northwest

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that is divided into 67

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. According to the 2020 Mexican

Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

, Chihuahua is the 12th most populous state with inhabitants and the largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Chihuahua are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a

municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' (English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or cit ...

( es, presidente municipal) by a

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system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council () responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services,

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and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income. The largest municipality by population is

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

, Mexico's sixth largest municipality, with 1,512,450 residents or approximately of the state population. The smallest municipality by population is Huejotitán, with 824 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Ahumada, which spans , and the smallest is Santa Bárbara, which spans . The first municipality to incorporate was Rosales, on , and the newest municipality is

Guachochi Guachochi is a city in the south-western portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The city of Guachochi serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. As of 2010, the city of Guachochi had a population of 14, ...

, which incorporated on .

Municipalities

File:PlazaDeLaMexicanidad.jpg, alt=Plaza de la Mexicanidad, Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, the largest municipality by population in Chihuahua. File:Chihuahua_Capital.png, alt=Skyline of Chihuahua City,

, capital and second largest municipality by population. File:Catedral de Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.jpg, alt=San Antonio Cathedral, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Cuauhtémoc, third largest municipality by population. File:MUDECH..jpg, alt=Museum of the Desert, Ciudad Delicias, Delicias, fourth largest municipality by population. File:PalAlvarado.jpg, alt=Palacio Alvarado, Hidalgo del Parral,

Hidalgo del Parral Hidalgo del Parral is a city and seat of the municipality of Hidalgo del Parral in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is located in the southern part of the state, from the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, Chihuahua. As of 2015, the city ...

, fifth largest municipality by population.

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