Satevó is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern

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. The municipal seat lies at

San Francisco Javier de Satevó San Francisco Javier de Satevó (frequently apocopated to Satevó) is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Satevó. As of 2010, the town had a total population of 44 ...

. The municipality covers an area of 2,185.1 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 3,662, down from 3,856 as of 2005. The municipality had 244 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000. Satevó began as a Jesuit mission to the Tarahumara in about 1640.Edward C. Spicer, ''Cycles of Conquest'' (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1962) p. 29

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