Janos | |
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 Franciscan mission in Janos, established in 1640 | |
  Janos Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 30°53′16″N 108°11′24″W / 30.88778°N 108.19000°W | |
| Elevation | 1,357 m (4,452 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 2,738 |
Janos is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.[3] It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Janos Municipality of the same name. As of 2010, the town of Janos had a population of 2,738.[4] Janos was possibly the site of a Franciscan mission established about 1640 and destroyed by Indian attack in the 1680s. The Spanish established a fort in Janos in 1686 which became a key element in the Spanish attempt to suppress raids and attacks by the Apache people. Several hundred Apaches often lived near the presidio during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ "División municipal. Chihuahua". www.cuentame.inegi.org.mx.
- ^ Janos (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Janos". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.