Coyame del Sotol is one of the 67
municipalities of Chihuahua
Chihuahua is a state in Northwest Mexico that is divided into 67 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Chihuahua is the 12th most populous state with inhabitants and the largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Chihuahua ...
, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat is
Coyame. The municipality covers an area of .
As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,681.
The municipality had 232 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.
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Name
"Coyame" is the Apache toponym of a nearby arroyo.
"Sotol" is the local name for ''Dasylirion wheeleri
''Dasylirion wheeleri'' (desert spoon, spoon flower, sotol, or common sotol) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae), native to arid environments of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Description
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'', a flowering desert plant, and for sotol
Sotol is a distilled spirit from the Chihuahuan desert northern Mexico, western Texas sourced from the family of Asparagaceae; the genus Dasylirion and several species, most commonly: ''Dasylirion wheeleri'', Dasylirion durangense, ''Dasyliri ...
, a distilled mezcal
Mezcal (, ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave. The word ''mezcal'' comes from Nahuatl , which means "oven-cooked agave", from and .What is MezcalElmezcal.org Traditionally the word " ...
-like spirit made from it.
Geography
Towns and villages
The municipality has 46 localities. These are the largest:
Adjacent municipalities
* Ojinaga Municipality
Ojinaga Municipality (formally: Manuel Ojinaga ) is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ojinaga, a rural bordertown on the U.S.-Mexico border. The municipality has an area of 9,500.50 k ...
– east
* Aldama Municipality – south, southwest
* Ahumada Municipality
Ahumada is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Ahumada. The municipality covers an area of 17,131.5 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 11,457, down from 11,727 ...
– northwest
* Guadalupe Municipality – north
References
Municipalities of Chihuahua (state)
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