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 km.

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, 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, Pedro de Perea [es] 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