Cuauhtémoc is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

It was named after the Aztec Indian ruler Cuauhtémoc, which means "águila que cae" (fallen eagle).

The municipality's seat is Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.

[2] Other than the city of Cuauhtémoc, the municipality had 664 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Colonia Anáhuac (9,952), classified as urban, and Colonia Obregón (Rubio) (2,241), and La Quemada (1,272), classified as rural.

[2] A narcofosas (mass graves attributed to organized crime) containing the remains of 15 people were discovered on ranches in December 2016.