Temósachic Municipality

Temósachic
Municipality
Municipality of Temósachic in Chihuahua
Temósachic Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°57′N 107°50′W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Temósachic
Founded	November 21, 1844
Area
• Total	5,361.9 km^2 (2,070.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,211
• Density	1.2/km^2 (3.0/sq mi)

Temósachic is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Temósachic. The municipality covers an area of 5,361.9 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 6,211,^[1] down from 6,319 as of 2005.^[2]

As of 2010, the town of Temósachic had a population of 1,841.^[1] Other than the town of Temósachic, the municipality had 329 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.^[1]

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 421 localities. The largest are:

Name	Population (2005)
Temósachic	1,786
Yepachic	649
Yepómera	485
Cocomorachic	314
Total Municipality	6,319

History

Eight vehicles were ambushed and four police officers killed and six wounded along the highway from Temósachic to Madera. The deceased were identified as Sergio Luna Escalante, Efraín Ríos Rodríguez, Noel Omar Ronquillo López, and Luis Raúl Piñón Gómez.^[3]

References

1. "Temósachic". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. "Temósachic". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
3. Estrada, Jesús; Villalpando, Rubén (April 1, 2021). "Cuatro policías muertos y seis heridos tras emboscada en Chihuahua". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved April 1, 2021.