Janos Municipality

Janos is a municipality in the Mexican state o Chihuahua. It is locatit in the extreme northwast o Chihuahua, on the border wi the state o Sonora an the U.S. states o Arizona & New Mexico. In the 2010 INEGI census, the ceety (locality, or localidad) reportit a population o 2,738, wi 10,953 in the municipality as a whole. The municipal seat is the toun o Janos, Chihuahua, which shares its name wi the municipality.

The name "Janos" wis gien bi the Janos fowk, the indigenous inhabitants o the aurie upon the arrival o the Spaniards.  The Janos wurn probably a sub-tribe or closely relatit tae the Suma fowk.  Neither the Janos nor the Suma survivit contact an are nou extinct. Franciscan  missionaries oreeginally built a mission in the location in 1640, unner the name Soledad de Janos. The mission did no, housomeivver, survive a series o native revolts an wis replacit on 16 October 1686 bi a military presidio unner Gen. Juan Fernández de la Fuente. The presidio retained control o the aurie till the municipality wis established in 1820.

Touns an veelages

The lairgest localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:
 Name  2010 Census Population Janos  2,738 Monte Verde (Altamira)  1,087 Fernández Leal  885 Pancho Villa (La Morita)  812 Tres Álamos  670 Casa de Janos  399 San Pedro  336 Buenos Aires (Campo Uno)  275 Altamirano  255 Buenos Aires (Campo Cuatro)  213 Total Municipality  10,953

Ither settlements:
El Berrendo (1)

Adjacent municipalities an coonties

 Ascensión Municipality - east
 Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality - sootheast
 Casas Grandes Municipality - sooth
 Bacerac Municipality, Sonora - soothwast
 Bavispe Municipality, Sonora - west
 Agua Prieta Municipality, Sonora - wast
 Hidalgo Coonty, New Mexico - north

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

Category:Municipalities o Chihuahua
Category:Populatit places established in 1820