Tlahualilo de Zaragoza is a city located in the northeastern part of the
Mexican state
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of
Durango
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. Tlahualilo of Zaragoza is the
municipal seat
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municipio
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''.Durango municipalities (Spanish) As of 2010, the city had a population of 9,517. The city is part of the
Comarca Lagunera
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metropolitan area, which has a population totalling more than 912,000 inhabitants in 2005. The municipality has a population of 22,244 and borders the state of
Coahuila
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in the east, the
municipality of Mapimí
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to the west and the city of
Gómez Palacio
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