Ocampo is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Mexican state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
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 ...
. The municipal seat lies at
Villa Ocampo. The municipality covers an area of 3,207.7 km
2.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 9,626,
up from 9,222 as of 2005.
The municipality had 196 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were:
Villa las Nieves (3,079) and
Villa Ocampo (1,076), classified as urban.
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References
Municipalities of Durango
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