Gómez Palacio Municipality

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Gómez Palacio
Municipality
Gómez Palacio is located in Mexico
Gómez Palacio
Gómez Palacio
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 25°32′27″N 103°40′30″W / 25.54083°N 103.67500°W / 25.54083; -103.67500Coordinates: 25°32′27″N 103°40′30″W / 25.54083°N 103.67500°W / 25.54083; -103.67500
Country Mexico
StateDurango
Municipal seatGómez Palacio
Area
 • Total990.2 km2 (382.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total327,985
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)

Gómez Palacio is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Gómez Palacio. The municipality covers an area of 990.2 km².

In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 327,985,[1] up from 304,515 in 2005.[2]

In 2010, the city of Gómez Palacio had a population of 257,352.[1] Other than the city of Gómez Palacio, the municipality had 583 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: (4,552), (3,406), (2,696), classified as urban, and (2,624), (2,624), (2,257), (2,249), (1,984), Venecia (1,861), (1,629), (1,593), (1,585), (1,568), (1,528), (1,511), (1,446), (1,251), (1,201), (1,177), and (1,032), classified as rural.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gómez Palacio". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Gómez Palacio". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 12, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2008.


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