Namiquipa is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Namiquipa

Namiquipa (municipality)

Namiquipa is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Namiquipa.In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,314, of whom 1,718 lived in the municipal seat....

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In the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a total population of 20,314, of whom 1,718 lived in the municipal seat.

The origin of the settlement is an indigenous village called Namiquipa, where, in 1763, Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 missionaries established a mission called San Pedro de Alcántara de Namiquipa. It was given town (villa

Settlement classification in Mexico

Mexico's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions:-Aguascalientes:Under Article 106 of the Municipal Law of the State of Aguascalientes, the state defines its settlements as follows:...

) status in 1778.