Durango Municipality

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Durango
Municipality
City of Durango
City of Durango
Durango is located in Mexico
Durango
Durango
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 26°50′0″N 107°8′50″W / 26.83333°N 107.14722°W / 26.83333; -107.14722Coordinates: 26°50′0″N 107°8′50″W / 26.83333°N 107.14722°W / 26.83333; -107.14722
Country Mexico
StateDurango
Municipal seatDurango City
Area
 • Total10,041 km2 (3,877 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total582,267
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)

Durango is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Durango. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 582,267,[1] up from 526,659 as of 2005.[2]


The municipality had 1,323 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Victoria de Durango (518,709), (3,308), (2,249), classified as urban, and (2,021), (2,014), (1,986), (1,938), (1,712), (1,617), (1,274), (1,262), (1,218), (1,131), (1,072), and (1,015), classified as rural.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Durango". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Durango". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2008.


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