Cusihuiriachi 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 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 is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

. The municipal seat lies at

Cusihuiriachi Cusihuiriachi is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Although it is now practically a ghost town, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. "Cusihuiriachi" is a Tarahumara word meaning "erect pole" ...

. The municipality covers an area of 1,810.3 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 5,414 inhabitants.2010 census tables: INEGI
Cusihuiriachi Municipality has the distinction of having the smallest municipal seat in Mexico relative to its municipal population. Its municipal seat had an official population of 63 inhabitants, which accounted for only 1.164 percent of the municipality's population. (There are three municipal seats that are less populous,

Santa María del Rosario Santa María del Rosario is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region. As of the 2010 census, the town (localit ...

, Santa María Nduayaco, and

Santa Cruz Tayata Santa Cruz Tayata is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km². It is part of the Tlaxiaco District in the south of the Mixteca Region. As of the 2010 census, the town (locality), whic ...

, all in the State of

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 570 municipaliti ...

, but their municipalities are also much less populous than Cusihuiriachi.)

Geography

Towns and villages

The largest localities (all rural) are listed below. Note that the only urban locality, the municipal seat,

, with a population of 63 inhabitants, is not among them.

References

Municipalities of Chihuahua (state) {{Chihuahua-geo-stub