Huejotitán is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
and seat of the
municipality of Huejotitán, in the northern
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Chihuahua. As of 2020, Huejotitán had a population of 824,
up from 345 as of 2010.
Huejotitan was the site of a Jesuit mission to the
Tarahumara established about 1640.
[Edward H. Spicer, ''Cycles of Conquest'' (Tucson: University of Arionza Press, 1962), p. 29]
References
Populated places in Chihuahua (state)
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