Durango is one of the 39
municipalities of Durango, in north-western
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
. The municipal seat lies at
Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated i ...
. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 582,267,
up from 526,659 as of 2005.
The municipality had 1,323 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
Victoria de Durango (518,709),
El Nayar (3,308),
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo ( in Mexico, Spanish for "Fifth of May") is a yearly celebration held on May 5, which commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zar ...
(2,249), classified as urban, and
La Ferrería (Cuatro de Octubre) (2,021),
José María Pino Suárez (2,014),
Colonia Hidalgo (1,986),
Llano Grande (1,938),
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1,712),
Villa Montemorelos (1,617),
Banderas del Águila (1,274),
José Refugio Salcido (1,262),
Santiago Bayacora (1,218),
Cinco de Febrero (1,131),
José María Morelos y Pavón (La Tinaja) (1,072), and
El Arenal (San Jerónimo) (1,015), classified as rural.
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References
Municipalities of Durango
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