Namiquipa
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As of 2010, the town of Namiquipa had a population of 1,752,[1] up from 1,718 as of 2005.[2]
History
The origin of the settlement is an indigenous village called Namiquipa.
Franciscan missionaries established a mission in 1662 or 1663 called San Pedro de Alcántara de Namiquipa.[3] It was subsequently abandoned.[4]
Namiquipa was refounded and given town (villa) status in 1778.[2] The Spanish colonial state established the town and surrounding region as a military colony, and its settlers received land grants in return for fighting Apache during the Apache Wars.[4]
Namiquipa was a stronghold of Pancho Villa’s popular movement during much of the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920.[5] However, in 1916 locals switched sides and formed local militia that collaborated with the United States.[6] In 1917 Namiquipa was attacked by Villa and his men, who reportedly raped many townswomen after setting the town ablaze.[7] Villa's commander Nicolas Fernandez managed to take some of the townswomen under his protection, and ordered his soldiers to shoot any one who tried to attack them.[8] After news of the atrocity spread, Villa lost the goodwill of many villagers across Chihuahua.[8]
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