Global InformationJanos Municipality information
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| Motto(s): Primero México, Después México, Siempre México (First Mexico, Then Mexico, Always Mexico) | |
 Location of Janos in Chihuahua | |
  Janos Janos | |
| Coordinates: 30°53′16″N 108°11′24″W / 30.88778°N 108.19000°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Municipality | Janos |
| Mission established | 1640 |
| Presidio established | 1686 |
| Municipality created | 1820 |
| Founded by | Franciscan missionaries |
| Named for | Janos people |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Leonel Molina García (PRI) |
| Area (municipality) | |
| • Total | 6,930.50 km2 (2,675.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,369 m (4,491 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,953 |
| Postal code | 31840 |
| Area code | 636 |
| Demonym | Janosense |
| Website | http://www.janos.gob.mx |
Janos is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is located in the extreme northwest of Chihuahua, on the border with the state of Sonora and the U.S. states of Arizona & New Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,953.[1] The municipal seat is the town of Janos, Chihuahua, which shares its name with the municipality.
The El Berrendo/Antelope Wells border crossing is located in the municipality.
As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738.[1] Other than the town of Janos, the municipality had 315 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: Monte Verde (Altamira) (1,087), classified as rural.[1]
The name "Janos" was given by the Janos people, the indigenous inhabitants of the area upon the arrival of the Spaniards.[2] The Janos were probably a sub-tribe or closely related to the Suma people. Neither the Janos nor the Suma survived contact and are now extinct. Franciscan missionaries originally built a mission in the location in 1640, under the name Soledad de Janos. The mission did not, however, survive a series of revolts by indigenous people and was replaced on 16 October 1686 by a military presidio under Gen. Juan Fernández de la Fuente. The presidio defended the area from attacks from Apache raiders until the municipality was established in 1820.
- ^ a b c "Janos". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ The Janos and Jocomes people of northwestern Chihuahua were probably sub-tribes or closely related to the Suma Indians. Forbes, Jack Douglas (1957). "The Janos, Jocomes, Mansos and Suma Indians". New Mexico Historical Review. 32 (4): 319–334, page 322.