Casas Grandes | |
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| Municipio de Casas Grandes | |
 Coat of arms | |
 location within the state of Chihuahua | |
  Casas Grandes location of cabecera municipal within Mexico | |
| Coordinates (municipal seat): 30°22′31″N 107°56′54″W / 30.37528°N 107.94833°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Settlement founded | 1661 |
| Municipality created | 1820 |
| Founded by | Captain Andrés Gracia |
| Cabecera municipal (Municipal seat) | Casas Grandes |
| localidades (localities) | Principal localities (2005 population)
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| Government election held July 1, 2007 | |
| • Type | H. Ayuntamiento Municipal (municipal government) |
| • Presidente Municipal | Dagoberto Quintana Cano (PAN) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 3,719 km2 (1,436 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,480 m (4,860 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 10,587 |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Tiempo de la Montaña (Mountain Time)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Tiempo de la Montaña) |
| códigos postales (postal codes) | 31850 through to 31863 |
| Area code | 636 |
| INEGI state code | 08 |
| INEGI municipality code | 013 |
Casas Grandes Municipality is located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. The municipal seat is the town of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.
The pre-Columbian archaeological zone Casas Grandes and its central site, after which the municipality is named, is located within the municipality's territory. The site of Casas Grandes, alternatively known as Paquimé, is one of the most significant pre-Columbian cultural and archaeological sites in the region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States known in some archaeological contexts as the Oasisamerica culture area.