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Mezquital Municipality

Coordinates: 23°28′22″N 104°24′40″W / 23.47278°N 104.41111°W / 23.47278; -104.41111
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Mezquital
Municipality of Mezquital in Durango
Municipality of Mezquital in Durango
Mezquital is located in Mexico
Mezquital
Mezquital
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 23°28′22″N 104°24′40″W / 23.47278°N 104.41111°W / 23.47278; -104.41111
Country Mexico
StateDurango
Municipal seatSan Francisco del Mezquital
Area
 • Total7,196.5 km2 (2,778.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total33,396
 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)

Mezquital is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Mezquital. The municipality covers an area of 7,196.5 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 33,396,[1] up from 30,069 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 1,325 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: San Francisco del Mezquital (1,742), classified as urban.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mezquital". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Mezquital". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2008.