San Francisco de Conchos (municipality)
| San Francisco de Conchos | |
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| Municipality of Mexico | |
 Municipality of San Francisco de Conchos in Chihuahua |
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 San Francisco de Conchos
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| Coordinates: 27°35′18″N 105°20′03″W / 27.58833°N 105.33417°WCoordinates: 27°35′18″N 105°20′03″W / 27.58833°N 105.33417°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Chihuahua |
| Municipal seat | San Francisco de Conchos |
| Municipality created | 1825 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor |
Guadalupe Izay Valles Villa 
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,169.1 km2 (451.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,983 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) |
| Area code(s) | 648 |
| Website | http://sanfranciscodeconchos.gob.mx/ |
San Francisco de Conchos is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco de Conchos. The municipality covers an area of 1,169.1 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 2,983, up from 2,669 as of 2005.
As of 2010, the town of San Francisco de Conchos had a population of 644. Other than the town of San Francisco de Conchos, the municipality had 93 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: Boquilla de Babisas (La Boquilla de Conchos) (1,185).
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Franciscans occupied the region and evangelized indigenous tribes of the Conchos, who could not submit.
In 1687 he underwent military regime Presidio; in 1820, according to the Constitution of Cadiz, he elected local council. He was part of the Party of Allende (1826); Deputy Chief of Jimenez (1837); and Canton Jimenez (1847).
The original name was the head San Francisco de Coyamus, founded in 1604 by the Franciscan Alonso de la Oliva on the banks of the Conchos River.
In 1645 the mission was destroyed by the Indians who killed the missionaries Thomas & Zigarán and Francisco Labado.
Sierra Lopez y Osorio, governor of Nueva Vizcaya, licensed sent repopulate in 1677, with the current name.
When it is created in 1867 the presidio the seat was changed from the mission to the people who called Guadalupe, where today the population rises.
The official seal of the municipality was designed by Mr. Manuel Vazquez Carrasco
The coats of arms that are within the stylized field are:
The municipality of San Francisco de Conchos is in the southern state of Chihuahua in the region of the Conchos River, its boundaries are the north with the municipality of Saucillo, northeast in the municipality of La Cruz, east to the town of Camargo the south with the municipality of Allende and the west with the municipality of Valle de Zaragoza; It has a land area of 1,169.10 square kilometers.
The municipality is in the plateau region, so that its territory is mostly flat, interrupted by some low hills that cross the plains, the main of these mountains are the local names of La Boquilla, La Colina and Pajaritos.
The main current of the municipality is Conchos River, the largest in the state of Chihuahua, which crosses the city from west to east, in the exact boundary of San Francisco de Conchos with the municipality of Valle de Zaragoza curtain Dam is located La Boquilla dam, the largest dam of the state of Chihuahua, in the center of the municipality is another dam that forms Colina Lake which is a spa; whole municipality belongs to hydrologic Region Bravo-Conchos and two different basins, the western area Conchos River - Colina dam and the eastern sector Conchos River - El Granero dam.
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