| Nuevo Ideal | |
| 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: | Nuevo Ideal |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 26,092 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 23.85°N -119°W |
Nuevo Ideal is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Nuevo Ideal.
Nuevo Ideal was formerly known as "Estación Patos," and part of the Canatlán Municipality.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,092.[1]
As of 2010, the city of Nuevo Ideal had a population of 10,876.[1] Other than the city of Nuevo Ideal, the municipality had 182 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Esfuerzos Unidos (1,083) and Guatimapé (1,083), classified as rural.[1]