Nombre de Dios Municipality explained

Nombre de Dios
Settlement Type:Municipality
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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:Nombre de Dios
Area Total Km2:1478.3
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:18,488
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:23.85°N -119°W

Nombre de Dios is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Nombre de Dios. The municipality covers an area of 1,478.3 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 18,488,[1] up from 17,318 as of 2005.[2]

As of 2010, the town of Nombre de Dios had a population of 5,302.[1] Other than the town of Nombre de Dios, the municipality had 110 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San José de la Parrilla (La Parrilla) (1,500), Gabriel Hernández (Mancinas) (1,256), and General Francisco Murguía (1,241), classified as rural.[1]

References

  1. Web site: Nombre de Dios. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Nombre de Dios. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. December 15, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070521210201/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10016a.htm. May 21, 2007. dead.