Meoqui Municipality
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 Municipality of Meoqui in Chihuahua |
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| Coordinates: 28°16′04″N 105°33′37″W / 28.26778°N 105.56028°WCoordinates: 28°16′04″N 105°33′37″W / 28.26778°N 105.56028°W | ||
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 Mexico
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| State | Chihuahua | |
| Municipal seat | Pedro Meoqui | |
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| • Total | 370 km2 (140 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 43,833 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | |
| Area code(s) | 656 | |
Meoqui is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Pedro Meoqui. The municipality covers an area of 370 km², making it one of the smallest in the state but one of the most densely populated.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 43,833, up from 41,389 as of 2005.
The municipality had 882 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Pedro Meoqui (22,574), Lázaro Cárdenas (8,704), classified as urban, and Estación Consuelo (1,981), Colonia Felipe Ángeles (1,254), and Guadalupe Victoria (1,045), classified as rural.
The municipality has 464 localities. The largest are:
Meoqui has several other localities to the east. Following the road you will encounter "Los Cisneros" Followed by Las Puentes. Las puentes is followed by Guadalupe Victoria. After this town sits Los Garcia. An even smaller community than Las Puentes. The last locality that can be found is Julimes.
Julimes is known for its hot-water facilities that are used year-round.
Conchos Indians, or "Yollis" (Meaning: Man, Men, Humans) were first travelers to settle in the Meoqui area. They divided themselves into several groups, some occupying areas in Casas Grandes, and down south to Julimes. The Conchos dedicated themselves to agriculture, they developed the "Coas", sharp branches used to make a hole in the ground to plant seeds. Growing corn and beans were the highest priority.
Their development of tools was also great. They made "molcajetes", a type of tool to grind seeds for food. Their clothes were scarce, and many members were nude. Wooden bows and arrows were made as well, they were hunters and gatherers too.
Natural enemies to the Conchos were the "Tobosos" inhabitants of the "mapimi". Their fights were many over land for growing of crops.
With the arrival of travelers from Spain, the Conchos were the first ethnic group to disappear. We know this because in this area were the first known colonies of the Spanish.
In 1693 Fray Andrés Ramirez, a religious man from the "Fransiscanos" founded a town or pueblo de visita under the patronage of Saint Paul, San Pablo. This town later came to be Conversion de San Pablo. It was located by the San Pedro river.
Those religious men who brought the catholic religion to the land also brought new ways to plant and grow crops.
They, however, also used the natives in an inhumane way, forcing them to work in mines and make homes. Thanks to the hard work, and the infectious diseases brought by the Spanish conquerors the natives became extinct.
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