Octaviano López, Chihuahua
Villa López is a town and seat of the municipality of López, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,184, up from 2,066 as of 2005.
It was given its official modern name Octaviano López after the Mexican army captain, Octaviano López. Upon its foundation in 1619 it was originally called Atotonilco.
References
- ^ "López". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 25, 2008
- ^ Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Secretaría de Gobernación (2005). «Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México». Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Consulted in 2010
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