Ojinaga
Municipality
Ojinaga government headquarters
Nickname:  La perla del desierto
Municipality of Ojinaga in Chihuahua
Ojinaga Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 29°34′N 104°25′W / 29.567°N 104.417°W / 29.567; -104.417
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipal seat	Ojinaga
Area
• Total	9,500.5 km2 (3,668.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	26,304
• Density	2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi)

Ojinaga Municipality (formally: Manuel Ojinaga ) is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ojinaga, a rural bordertown on the U.S.-Mexico border. The municipality has an area of 9,500.50 km² (3,668.16 sq mi).

Ojinaga, named after Juarista governor Manuel Ojinaga, reported a 2010 census population of 22,744 people in the town, which serves as municipal seat of the municipality of 26,304 inhabitants.^[1] The municipality includes numerous very small outlying communities, the largest of which are El Oasis and Nueva Holanda.

The municipality has 108 localities. The largest are:

• Manuel Benavides Municipality – southeast
• Camargo Municipality – south
• Julimes Municipality – southwest
• Aldama Municipality – southwest
• Coyame del Sotol Municipality – west
• Guadalupe Municipality – northwest
• Presidio County, Texas – north and northeast

• 2010 census tables: INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Chihuahua Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

• Ojinaga Hoy
• La Perla del Desierto, local website
• Camino Minerals, Maijoma mine, Ojinaga Municipality

29°34′N 104°25′W / 29.567°N 104.417°W / 29.567; -104.417