Meoqui Municipality
Meoqui | |
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Municipality of Meoqui in Chihuahua | |
| Coordinates: 28°16′04″N 105°33′37″W / 28.26778°N 105.56028°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Municipal seat | Pedro Meoqui |
| Area | |
• Total | 370 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 43,833 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Area code | 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.