Tlahualilo Municipality

Tlahualilo
Municipality
Tlahualilo

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 26°06′12″N 103°26′26″W / 26.10333°N 103.44056°WCoordinates: 26°06′12″N 103°26′26″W / 26.10333°N 103.44056°W
Country  Mexico
State Durango
Municipal seat Tlahualilo de Zaragoza
Area
  Total 3,709.8 km2 (1,432.4 sq mi)
Population (2010)
  Total 22,244
  Density 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)

Tlahualilo is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tlahualilo de Zaragoza. The municipality covers an area of 3,709.8 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 22,244,[1] up from 19,882 as of 2005.[2]


The municipality had 159 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Tlahualilo de Zaragoza (9,517), El Lucero (Arcinas) (2,622), classified as urban, and San Francisco de Horizonte (Horizonte) (1,657), Jauja (1,101), Banco Nacional (1,072), and San Julio (1,046), classified as rural.[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tlahualilo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. "Tlahualilo". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 19, 2008.