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

Pueblo Mágico Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlemen ...

on October 11, 2018, in the state of

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

, north-western

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

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

Northern Mexico Northern Mexico ( ), commonly referred as , is an informal term for the northern cultural and geographical area in Mexico. Depending on the source, it contains some or all of the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua (state), ...

, 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.

Geography

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

Victoria de Durango Durango (, ) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the municipality of Durango. It has a population of 616,068 as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living in the municipality. The city's officia ...

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

Poanas Poanas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. 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 of 2005. The ...

; south, El Mezquital and

Súchil Súchil is a city and seat of the municipality of Súchil, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico. As of 2010, the town of Súchil had a population of 4,107. Geography Súchil is located in the southeast region of Durango, its boundarie ...

; east with

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...

and Poanas and west with Durango and El Mezquital.

References

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