Cusihuiriachi

Cusihuiriachi
—  Toun  —
The toun is locatit athin the Municipality o Cusihuiriachi in Chihuahua
Cusihuiriachi Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°14′28″N 106°50′12″W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipality	Cusihuiriachi
Hicht	2,017 m (6,617 ft)
Indwallers (2010)
- Tot	63
Postal code	33240
Demonym	Cusihuiriachiteco

Cusihuiriachi is a toun in the Mexican state o Chihuahua. Although it is nou practically a ghost toun, it serves as the municipal seat for the surroondin municipality o the same name. "Cusihuiriachi" is a Tarahumara wird meanin "erect pole".

Cusihuiriachi's population haes fawen dramatically ower the past century, frae 1,755 in 1900 tae 75 in 2005. Bi the 2010 census, it wis doun tae 63. This wis lairgely due tae the closur o the local siller mines.

Famous sons

• Salvador Zubirán, rector o the Naitional Autonomous University o Mexico, foonder o the National Nutritional Institute.