Rosales Municipality

Rosales
Rosales
Municipality
	Municipality of Rosales in Chihuahua
	Coordinates: 28°11′N 105°33′W / 28.183°N 105.550°W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Founded	1825
Named for	Víctor Rosales
Seat	Santa Cruz de Rosales
Largest city	Santa Cruz de Rosales
Area
• Total	1,716.6 km2 (662.8 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	16,785
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)

Rosales is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Cruz de Rosales. The municipality covers an area of 1716.6 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 16,785,^[1] up from 15,935 as of 2005.^[2]

The municipality had 572 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Santa Cruz de Rosales (5,570), Congregación Ortíz (2,620), classified as urban, and El Molino (2,191) and Kilómetro Noventa y Nueve (1,092), classified as rural.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Rosales". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Rosales". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2008.