Nombre de Dios is a city and seat of the municipality of Nombre de Dios, established as

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on October 11, 2018, in the state of

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 in ...

, north-western

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. As of 2015, the town of Nombre de Dios had a population of 5,302. Nombre de Dios is the oldest town in

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, founded by

Francisco de Ibarra Francisco de Ibarra (1539 –June 3, 1575) was a Spanish-Basque explorer, founder of the city of Durango, and governor of the Spanish province of Nueva Vizcaya, in present-day Durango and Chihuahua. Biography Francisco de Ibarra was born a ...

in November 17, 1562.

Localization

Nombre de Dios is located at southeast of state's capital,

Victoria de Durango Durango City (, stp, Korian), officially Victoria de Durango is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango. The city, which is located in Northern Mexico has a population of 654,876 as of the 2015 census, and sits at an altitude ...

, in coordinates 23°51' N and 104°51'' E. It limits north with municipalities of Durango and

Poanas Poanas is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in northwestern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1841 km2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 24,918, up from 23,466 as ...

; south, El Mezquital and Súchil; east with

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and Poanas and west with Durango and El Mezquital.

References

Populated places in Durango Pueblos Mágicos Populated places established in 1562 {{Durango-geo-stub