Batopilas Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua}}

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Batopilas ({{IPA|es|batoˈpilas|lang|Batopilas.ogg}}) is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Batopilas. The municipality covers an area of 2,064.6 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 14,362,{{cite web|title=Batopilas|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=008|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL)|accessdate=23 April 2014|archive-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411065505/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=08&mun=008|url-status=dead}} up from 13,298 as of 2005.{{cite web |title=Batopilas |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08008a.htm |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal |accessdate=August 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304094917/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/chihuahua/Mpios/08008a.htm |archivedate=March 4, 2007 }}

As of 2010, the town of Batopilas had a population of 1,220. Other than the town of Batopilas, the municipality had 603 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.