Municipalities of Durango

Map of Mexico with Durango highlighted
Map of Mexico with Durango highlighted

Durango is a state in Northwest Mexico that is divided into 39 municipalities.[1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Durango is the 25th most populous state with 1,832,650 inhabitants, but the 4th largest by land area spanning 123,575.36 square kilometres (47,712.71 sq mi).[1][2] Durango has a population density of 14.8/km2 (38.4/sq mi), making it Mexico's second-lowest dense state, after Baja California Sur.[1][2]

Municipalities in Durango are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[3] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[4] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.[5] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.[5]

The largest municipality by population is the state capital Durango, with 688,697 residents or approximately 35.7% of the state population.[1] The smallest municipality by population is San Pedro del Gallo with 1,633 residents.[1] The largest municipality by land area is also Durango which spans 9,306.43 km2 (3,593.23 sq mi), and the smallest is Vicente Guerrero which spans 370.56 km2 (143.08 sq mi).[2] Most municipalities were incorporated upon the division of the state of Durango into municipal units by the Constitución Política del Estado Libre de Durango on September 1, 1825, shortly after the state was admitted to the Union of Mexico.[6] The most recent municipality to incorporate is Nuevo Ideal, on January 1, 1989.[6]

Municipalities

  • Largest municipalities in Durango by population
  • Downtown Durango
    Durango, capital and largest municipality in the state.
  • Dawn at Gomez Palacio
    Gómez Palacio, second largest municipality.
  • Plaza de Armas, Lerdo
    Lerdo, third largest municipality.

†  State capital


Municipalities of Durango
Name Municipal seat Population
(2020)[1] 		Population
(2010)[7] 		Change Land area[2] Population density
(2020) 		Incorporation date[6]
km2 sq mi
Canatlán Ciudad Canatlán 31,454 31,401 +0.2% 3,499.56 1,351.19 9.0/km2 (23.3/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Canelas Canelas 4,321 4,122 +4.8% 894.41 345.33 4.8/km2 (12.5/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Coneto de Comonfort Coneto de Comonfort 4,084 4,530 −9.8% 1,076.71 415.72 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Cuencamé Cuencamé de Ceniceros 34,955 33,664 +3.8% 5,360.82 2,069.82 6.5/km2 (16.9/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Durango† Victoria de Durango 688,697 582,267 +18.3% 9,306.43 3,593.23 74.0/km2 (191.7/sq mi) September 1, 1825
El Oro Santa María del Oro 10,384 11,320 −8.3% 3,537.05 1,365.66 2.9/km2 (7.6/sq mi) September 1, 1825
General Simón Bolívar[a] General Simón Bolívar 10,038 10,629 −5.6% 2,193.97 847.10 4.6/km2 (11.8/sq mi) March 14, 1867
Gómez Palacio Gómez Palacio 372,750 327,985 +13.6% 844.07 325.90 441.6/km2 (1,143.8/sq mi) December 20, 1905
Guadalupe Victoria Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 36,695 34,052 +7.8% 1,320.00 509.65 27.8/km2 (72.0/sq mi) April 1, 1936
Guanaceví Guanaceví 9,869 10,149 −2.8% 5,448.23 2,103.57 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Hidalgo[b] Villa Hidalgo 3,843 4,265 −9.9% 4,698.54 1,814.12 0.8/km2 (2.1/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Indé Indé 4,748 5,280 −10.1% 2,510.02 969.12 1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Lerdo Ciudad Lerdo 163,313 141,043 +15.8% 2,152.00 830.89 75.9/km2 (196.6/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Mapimí Mapimí 26,932 25,137 +7.1% 7,744.60 2,990.21 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Mezquital Mezquital 48,583 33,396 +45.5% 8,393.79 3,240.86 5.8/km2 (15.0/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Nazas Nazas 12,894 12,411 +3.9% 2,392.35 923.69 5.4/km2 (14.0/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Nombre de Dios Nombre de Dios 19,060 18,488 +3.1% 1,188.60 458.92 16.0/km2 (41.5/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Nuevo Ideal Nuevo Ideal 27,981 26,092 +7.2% 1,855.56 716.44 15.1/km2 (39.1/sq mi) January 1, 1989
Ocampo[c] Villa Ocampo 8,003 9,626 −16.9% 3,650.61 1,409.51 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Otáez Otáez 4,924 5,208 −5.5% 1,713.58 661.62 2.9/km2 (7.4/sq mi) November 8, 1853
Pánuco de Coronado Francisco I. Madero 12,656 11,927 +6.1% 1,028.42 397.08 12.3/km2 (31.9/sq mi) November 21, 1847
Peñón Blanco Peñón Blanco 11,118 10,473 +6.2% 1,687.19 651.43 6.6/km2 (17.1/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Poanas Villa Unión 25,623 24,918 +2.8% 1,130.02 436.30 22.7/km2 (58.7/sq mi) November 21, 1847
Pueblo Nuevo El Salto 51,269 49,162 +4.3% 6,960.77 2,687.57 7.4/km2 (19.1/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Rodeo Rodeo 12,818 12,788 +0.2% 1,435.87 554.39 8.9/km2 (23.1/sq mi) February 1, 1859
San Bernardo San Bernardo 2,837 3,433 −17.4% 2,311.52 892.48 1.2/km2 (3.2/sq mi) September 1, 1825
San Dimas Tayoltita 17,333 19,691 −12.0% 5,495.44 2,121.80 3.2/km2 (8.2/sq mi) September 1, 1825
San Juan de Guadalupe San Juan de Guadalupe 5,251 5,947 −11.7% 2,414.87 932.39 2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi) November 14, 1847
San Juan del Río San Juan del Río 12,013 11,855 +1.3% 1,402.41 541.47 8.6/km2 (22.2/sq mi) September 1, 1825
San Luis del Cordero San Luis del Cordero 2,103 2,181 −3.6% 605.98 233.97 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi) April 11, 1867
San Pedro del Gallo San Pedro del Gallo 1,633 1,709 −4.4% 1,800.49 695.17 0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Santa Clara Santa Clara 6,727 7,003 −3.9% 987.43 381.25 6.8/km2 (17.6/sq mi) March 14, 1867
Santiago Papasquiaro Santiago Papasquiaro 49,207 44,966 +9.4% 6,416.25 2,477.33 7.7/km2 (19.9/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Súchil Súchil 6,917 6,761 +2.3% 1,471.77 568.25 4.7/km2 (12.2/sq mi) November 21, 1847
Tamazula Tamazula de Victoria 26,300 26,368 −0.3% 5,812.84 2,244.35 4.5/km2 (11.7/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Tepehuanes Santa Catarina de Tepehuanes 11,378 10,745 +5.9% 6,081.34 2,348.02 1.9/km2 (4.8/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Tlahualilo Tlahualilo de Zaragoza 21,143 22,244 −4.9% 4,750.33 1,834.11 4.5/km2 (11.5/sq mi) November 22, 1936
Topia Topia 9,320 8,581 +8.6% 1,630.96 629.72 5.7/km2 (14.8/sq mi) September 1, 1825
Vicente Guerrero Vicente Guerrero 23,476 21,117 +11.2% 370.56 143.08 63.4/km2 (164.1/sq mi) January 1, 1953
Durango — 1,832,650 1,632,934 +12.2% 123,575.36 47,712.71 14.8/km2 (38.4/sq mi) —
Mexico — 126,014,024 112,336,538 +12.2% 1,972,550 761,606 63.9/km2 (165.5/sq mi) —


Notes

  1. ^ General Simón Bolívar was originally incorporated as San Bartolo, changing its name on June 9, 1938.[8]
  2. ^ Hidalgo was originally incorporated as Cerro Gordo, changing its name on May 1, 1927.[9]
  3. ^ Ocampo was originally incorporated as San Miguel de las Bocas, changing its name on May 1, 1927.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 – SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Unidad de Microrregiones Cédulas de Información Municipal (SCIM)" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ^ Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Article 115) (in Spanish). 1917. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ OECD (November 12, 2004). New Forms of Governance for Economic Development. OECD Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 978-9264015326.
  5. ^ a b International Business Publications (2009). Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ a b c Estado de Durango. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 76–91. ISBN 978-970-13-1495-1.
  7. ^ "Localidades y su población por municipio según tamaño de localidad" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  8. ^ Estado de Durango. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 102. ISBN 978-970-13-1495-1.
  9. ^ Estado de Durango. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 80. ISBN 978-970-13-1495-1.
  10. ^ Estado de Durango. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-970-13-1495-1.