the town of Guachochi is located in the Municipality of Guachochi (in the State of Chihuahua). There are 14513 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #1 of the whole municipality. Guachochi is at 2398 meters of altitude.

In the town there are 6938 men and 7575 women. The ratio women per men is 1.092, and the fecundity rate is 2.29 children per woman. People from outside the State of Chihuahua account for 2.61% of the total population. 3.65% of the inhabitants are illiterate (3.24% of men and 4.01% of women). The average school enrollment ratio is 8.78 (8.66 within the men and 8.88 within the women).

In 2005, in Guachochi there were 12385 inhabitants. That is to say, now there are 2128 more people (a variation of 17.18%). Of which there are 947 more men (a variation of 15.81%), and 1181 more women (a variation of 18.47%).31.52% of the population is indigenous, and 16.62% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 0.06% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.38.63% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (49.97% of the men, and 28.25% of the women).Inthere are 4363 dwellings. 95.21% of the dwellings have electricity, 92.87% have piped water, 98.11% have toilet or restroom, 69.31% have a radio receiver, 90.73% a television, 73.27% a fridge, 55.39% a washing-machine, 60.62% a car or a van, 28.13% a personal computer, 24.26% a landline telephone, 70.68% mobile phone, and 14.68% Internet access.

One of best-known people in Guachochi is the long-distance runner María Lorena Ramírez Hernández, who won the UltraTrail Cerro Rojo in April 2017, a 50 kilometer long-distance race held in Puebla, Mexico. But she did it with sandals, dressed in a skirt, and without having prepared herself with formal training. She ran for 7 hours without shoes or any kind of expensive sports equipment, without gels or energy sweets (only a small bottle of water), without modern glasses, and beating more than 500 high-performance athletes from different countries. And so she climbed the podium, with her skirt and sandals, known as 'huaraches' in Mexico.



Maria Lorena Ramirez Hernandez is part of the Tarahumara ethnic group, which has lived in the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Mexican State of Chihuahua, for centuries. Interestingly, the Tarahumaras call themselves 'rarámuris', which means 'runners on foot' in their language. In fact, Maria Lorena Ramirez Hernandez barely speaks Spanish and her language is Tarahumara. According to several testimonies, Tarahumara men and women are capable of running more than 200 kilometers.





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