Janos Municipality

Janos is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is located in the extreme northwest of Chihuahua, on the border with the state of Sonora and the U.S. states of Arizona & New Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,953.[1] The municipal seat is the town of Janos, Chihuahua, which shares its name with the municipality.

Janos
Municipality and Town
Motto(s): 
Primero México, Después México, Siempre México
(First Mexico, Then Mexico, Always Mexico)
Location of Janos in Chihuahua
Janos
Janos
Coordinates: 30°53′16″N 108°11′24″W
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
MunicipalityJanos
Mission established1640
Presidio established1686
Municipality created1820
Founded byFranciscan missionaries
Named forJanos people
Government
 • Municipal PresidentLeonel Molina García (PRI)
Area
(municipality)
 • Total6,930.50 km2 (2,675.88 sq mi)
Elevation
1,369 m (4,491 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total10,953
Postal code
31840
Area code(s)636
DemonymJanosense
Websitehttp://www.janos.gob.mx

The El Berrendo/Antelope Wells border crossing is located in the municipality.

As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738.[1] Other than the town of Janos, the municipality had 315 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Monte Verde (Altamira) (1,087), classified as rural.[1]

The name "Janos" was given by the Janos people, the indigenous inhabitants of the area upon the arrival of the Spaniards.[2] The Janos were probably a sub-tribe or closely related to the Suma people. Neither the Janos nor the Suma survived contact and are now extinct. Franciscan missionaries originally built a mission in the location in 1640, under the name Soledad de Janos. The mission did not, however, survive a series of native revolts and was replaced on 16 October 1686 by a military presidio under Gen. Juan Fernández de la Fuente. The presidio retained control of the area until the municipality was established in 1820.

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Name2010 Census Population
Janos2,738
Monte Verde (Altamira)1,087
Fernández Leal885
Pancho Villa (La Morita)812
Tres Álamos670
Casa de Janos399
San Pedro336
Buenos Aires (Campo Uno)275
Altamirano255
Buenos Aires (Campo Cuatro)213
Total Municipality10,953

Other settlements:

Adjacent municipalities and counties

Sister City

Janos Municipality has one sister city.[3]:

Notes
  1. "Janos". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. The Janos and Jocomes people of northwestern Chihuahua were probably sub-tribes or closely related to the Suma Indians. Forbes, Jack Douglas (1957). "The Janos, Jocomes, Mansos and Suma Indians". New Mexico Historical Review. 32 (4): 319–334, page 322.
  3. http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Municipio%20de%20Janos,%20Mexico
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