Guerrero 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 Chihuah ...

, in northern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The municipal seat lies at

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...

(aka Ciudad Guerrero). The municipality covers an area of 5,603.6 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 39,626, up from 37,249 as of 2005. The municipality had 822 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: La Junta (8,930),

(7,751), Tomochi (2,818), classified as urban, and Basúchil (1,451), and Orozco (San Isidro Pascual Orozco) (1,263), classified as rural.

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 462 localities. The largest are:

Municipal presidents

* (1989 - 1992): Luis Moya Anchondo * (1992 - 1995): Carlos Comadurán * (1995 - 1998): Alfonso Domínguez Carreón * (1998 - 2001): Jesús Alfredo Velarde Guzmán * (2001 - 2004): Jorge Morales Morales * (2004 - 2007): Alfonso Domínguez Carreón * (2007 - 2010): José Gabriel Almeyda Ochoa

References

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