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. In the 2010 INEGI census, the city (locality, or localidad) reported a population of 2,738, with 10,953 in the municipality as a whole. The municipal seat is the town of Janos, Chihuahua, which shares its name with the municipality.

The name "Janos" was given by the Janos people, the indigenous inhabitants of the area upon the arrival of the Spaniards; the Janos did not survive 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:

Other settlements:

• El Berrendo (1)

Adjacent municipalities and counties

• Ascensión Municipality - east
• Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality - southeast
• Casas Grandes Municipality - south
• Bacerac Municipality, Sonora - southwest
• Bavispe Municipality, Sonora - west
• Agua Prieta Municipality, Sonora - west
• Hidalgo County, New Mexico - north

References

• Janos, Chihuahua (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)