Cuauhtémoc 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 of
Chihuahua. It was named after the Aztec Indian ruler
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler ('' tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle ...
, which means "águila que cae" (fallen eagle). The municipality's seat is
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. The municipality is located to the west of the Chihuahua's capital city,
Chihuahua. There is a close relation between three cultures in this region:
Mennonite
Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radi ...
culture,
Tarahumara culture and
mestizo culture. Since 1994 there is a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary arts festival known as "Festival de las Tres Culturas".
Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 154,639,
As of 2010, the city of Cuauhtémoc had a population of 114,007.
[ Other than the city of Cuauhtémoc, the municipality had 664 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Colonia Anáhuac (9,952), classified as urban, and Colonia Obregón (Rubio) (2,241), and ]La Quemada
La Quemada is an archeological site. It is located in the Villanueva Municipality, in the state of Zacatecas, about 56 km south of the city of Zacatecas on Fed 54 Zacatecas– Guadalajara, in Mexico.
History
Given the distance between La ...
(1,272), classified as rural.[
]
Crime
A ''narcofosas'' (mass graves attributed to organized crime) containing the remains of 15 people were discovered on ranches in December 2016.
References
External links
Municipio de Cuauhtémoc
Official website
Chihuahua
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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Municipalities of Chihuahua (state)