Peñón Blanco 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
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.][
]
References
Municipalities of Durango
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