Peñón Blanco Municipality Explained

Peñón Blanco
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:Peñón Blanco
Area Total Km2:1827
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:10,473
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:24.7833°N -105°W

Peñón Blanco is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Peñón Blanco. The municipality covers an area of 1827 km2.

In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,473,[1] up from 9,891 in 2005.[2]

In 2010, the town of Peñón Blanco had a population of 5,271.[1] Other than the town of Peñón Blanco, the municipality had 103 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: General Jesús Agustín Castro (Independencia) (1,907), classified as rural.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peñón Blanco. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Peñón Blanco. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. December 18, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070515082103/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10021a.htm. May 15, 2007.