Municipality of Sinaloa

Choix

A municipality in the far north of Sinaloa, in the Sierra Madre Occidental, created as a municipalidad on 9 December 1916. It borders the states of Sonora and Chihuahua.

Municipal seat
Choix · City
Population
29,334 · 2020
Occupied dwellings
8,176 · 2020
Year established
1916
INEGI code
25007

Overview

Choix lies in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the far north of Sinaloa, in the Río Fuerte basin, bordering the states of Sonora and Chihuahua.

Its economy combines irrigated and rain-fed agriculture with sierra ranching.

History

Choix appears as a distrito as far back as Sinaloa's first Constitution, of 1831. As part of governor Ángel Flores's abolition of the district prefectures, the state congress erected it as a free municipality by decree of 9 December 1916.

Geography

The municipality lies in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Río Fuerte basin, with elevations from 200 to 2,200 meters above sea level; it borders the states of Sonora and Chihuahua.

Near its seat lies the Luis Donaldo Colosio dam (Huites), the state's largest by storage capacity.

Cities and localities

Municipal seat

ChoixCity · 10,328 residents (2020)

Other localities

  • Agua Caliente Grande (De Gastélum) · 1,185 residents (2020)
  • San Javier · 785 residents (2020)
  • Bajosori · 709 residents (2020)
  • Santa Ana · 587 residents (2020)
  • Guadalupe · 543 residents (2020)
  • La Estancia de Baymena · 440 residents (2020)
  • Baymena · 425 residents (2020)
  • El Aguajito de Bajahui · 395 residents (2020)
  • Tasajeras · 384 residents (2020)

The municipality contains 436 localities on the INEGI register.

Browse every locality in the municipality

Related topics

  • Agriculture
  • Colonial history
  • History
  • Nature and ecosystems

Sources and data

The figures on this page come from public sources. Each data point shows its year and origin.