Bachíniva is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico.

The municipal seat lies at Bachíniva.

[1] Other than the town of Bachíniva, the municipality had 117 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) was: El Porvenir (1,071), classified as rural.

[1] The head of the municipality was founded in 1660 by the Orden de San Francisco de Asís, and was originally named Santa María de Nativitas de Bachimba, which was changed years later to the current Bachíniva.

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