Mezquital Municipality Explained

Mezquital
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:San Francisco del Mezquital
Area Total Km2:7196.5
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:33,396
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:23.4728°N -104.4111°W

Mezquital is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Mezquital. The municipality covers an area of 7,196.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 33,396,[1] up from 30,069 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 1,325 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: San Francisco del Mezquital (1,742), classified as urban.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mezquital. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Mezquital. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. November 12, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070527203752/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10014a.htm. May 27, 2007.