Lerdo Municipality Explained

Lerdo
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:Ciudad Lerdo
Area Total Km2:1868.8
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:141,043
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:25.7667°N -134°W

Lerdo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Ciudad Lerdo. The municipality covers an area of 1868.8 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 141,043,[1] up from 129,191 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the city of Lerdo had a population of 79,669.[1] Other than the city of Lerdo, the municipality had 485 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Nazareno (7,515), Ciudad Juárez (7,069), La Loma (4,045), León Guzmán (3,335), Carlos Real (San Carlos) (3,021), El Huarache (El Guarache) (2,709), Villa de Guadalupe (2,376), classified as urban, and Juan E. García (2,457), Sapioris (1,866), San Jacinto (1,661), Los Ángeles (1,616), La Goma (1,522), Ejido 21 de Marzo (1,408), Seis de Enero (1,372), Álvaro Obregón (1,359), La Luz (1,285), Picardías (1,194), Las Cuevas (1,125), and El Rayo (1,030), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lerdo. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Lerdo. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. December 15, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070510063930/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10012a.htm. May 10, 2007.