Durango Municipality Explained

Durango
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Durango
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Durango City
Area Total Km2:10041
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:582,267
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:24.025°N -104.6675°W

Durango is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Durango. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 582,267,[1] up from 526,659 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 1,323 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Victoria de Durango (518,709), El Nayar (3,308), Cinco de Mayo (2,249), classified as urban, and La Ferrería (Cuatro de Octubre) (2,021), José María Pino Suárez (2,014), Colonia Hidalgo (1,986), Llano Grande (1,938), Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1,712), Villa Montemorelos (1,617), Banderas del Águila (1,274), José Refugio Salcido (1,262), Santiago Bayacora (1,218), Cinco de Febrero (1,131), José María Morelos y Pavón (La Tinaja) (1,072), and El Arenal (San Jerónimo) (1,015), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Durango . Catálogo de Localidades . Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL) . 23 April 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041252/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=10&mun=005 . live .
  2. Web site: Durango . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . November 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070528124241/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10005a.htm . May 28, 2007.