Gómez Farías | |
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Municipality | |
Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 29°21′N 107°44′W / 29.350°N 107.733°WCoordinates: 29°21′N 107°44′W / 29.350°N 107.733°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chihuahua |
Municipal seat | Valentín Gómez Farías |
Area | |
• Total | 986.6 km2 (380.9 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 8,624 |
Gómez Farías is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Valentín Gómez Farías, Chihuahua. The municipality covers an area of 986.6 km².
It was named for Valentín Gómez Farías, a 19th-century President of the Republic.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 8,624, up from 7,583 as of 2005.
The municipality had 42 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Valentín Gómez Farías (5,330), classified as urban, and Peña Blanca (1,092), classified as rural.