Peñón Blanco is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Durango. The municipal seat lies at
Peñón Blanco. The municipality covers an area of 1827 km
2.
In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,473,
up from 9,891 in 2005.
In 2010, the town of Peñón Blanco had a population of 5,271.
[ Other than the town of Peñón Blanco, the municipality had 103 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: General Jesús Agustín Castro (Independencia) (1,907), classified as rural.][
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References
Municipalities of Durango
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