Durango | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
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]