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

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. The municipal seat lies at

Santa Cruz de Rosales Santa Cruz de Rosales is a town and seat of the Rosales, Chihuahua, municipality of Rosales, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 5,570, up from 5,377 as of 2005Instituto Nacional ...

. The municipality covers an area of 1716.6 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 16,785, up from 15,935 as of 2005. The municipality had 572 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:

(5,570), Congregación Ortíz (2,620), classified as urban, and El Molino (2,191) and Kilómetro Noventa y Nueve (1,092), classified as rural.

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