Guazapares is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Témoris. The municipality covers an area of 2,145.8 km2.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 8,998, up from 8,010 as of 2005.
The municipality had 492 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Témoris (2,053), classified as rural.
History
As a pueblo, Guazapares was home to the Guazapare people,Also transcribed as Guacapane, Guacapare, Guarapare, Guasapare, Guasapari, Guaspare, Guazapari, or Gucapari a tribal group who spoke a dialect of the Tarahumara language. After Jesuit missionaries Julio Pascual and Manuel Martinez were killed in a 1632 uprising, led a punitive expedition against native groups including the Guazapare, killing about 800 natives. The surviving Guazapare were reduced into the Jesuit missions.
Geography Towns and villages The municipality has 352 localities. The largest are: Name Population (2005) Témoris 1,639 Santa Matilde 301 Hormigueros 189 Estación Témoris 133 Total Municipality 8,010
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