San Dimas is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Durango
Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...
. The municipal seat lies at
Tayoltita. The municipality covers an area of 5,620.5 km².
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 19,691,
up from 19,303 as of 2005.
The municipality has 590 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) are:
Tayoltita (5,124), classified as urban, and
San Miguel de Cruces (1,816), classified as rural.
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References
Municipalities of Durango
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