Cusihuiriachi

Cusihuiriachi is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Although it is now practically a ghost town, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. "Cusihuiriachi" is a Tarahumara word meaning "erect pole".

Key facts

Settlement.name: Cusihuiriachi
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_map: Cusihuiriachi en Chihuahua.svg
Settlement.map_caption: The town is located within the Municipality of Cusihuiriachi in Chihuahua
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Chihuahua
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Cusihuiriachi
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 63
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions

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Wikidata facts

Country: Mexico
Located in: Cusihuiriachi Municipality
Population: 63
Elevation: 2017
Time zone: UTC−07:00
Capital of: Cusihuiriachi Municipality
Image: Vista de Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua.jpg

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postal code: 33240
Commons category: Cusihuiriachi, Chihuahua
inception: 1687-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

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Cusihuiriachi's population has fallen dramatically over the past century, from 1,755 in 1900 to 75 in 2005. By the 2010 census, it was down to 63. This was largely due to the closure of the local silver mines.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cusihuiriachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.