Coyame del Sotol Municipality

Coyame del Sotol
Municipality
Municipality o Coyame del Sotol in Chihuahua
Coyame del Sotol Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 29°27′41″N 105°05′50″W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Coyame
Area
• Total	7877 km2 (3,041 sq mi)
Elevation	1220 m (4,000 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,681

Coyame del Sotol is a ane o the 67 municipalities o Chihuahua, in northren Mexico. The municipal seat lees at Coyame. The municipality covers an aurie o 7,877 km².

As of the 2010 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,681.

Name

"Coyame" is the Apache toponym o a nearbi arroyo. "Sotol" is the local name for Dasylirion wheeleri, a flouerin desert plant, an for sotol, a destilled mezcal-like spirit made frae it.

Geography

Touns an veelages

The municipality haes 46 localities. These are the lairgest:

Village	2010 Census Population
Total Municipality	1,681
Coyame	709
San Pedro	235
La Paz de México	184
Cuchillo Parado	124

Adjacent municipalities

• Ojinaga Municipality - east
• Aldama Municipality - sooth, soothwast
• Ahumada Municipality - northwast
• Guadalupe Municipality - north