El Oro Municipality, Durango Explained

El Oro
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300px
Image Map1:El Oro en Durango.svg
Map Caption1:Location in Durango state
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Durango
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Santa María del Oro
Area Total Km2:3559.0
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:11,320
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:25.9494°N -105.3644°W

El Oro (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Santa María del Oro. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 11,320,[1] up from 10,501 as of 2005.[2]

The municipality had 113 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 population in parentheses) was: Santa María del Oro (5,878), classified as urban.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Oro. Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). 23 April 2014. 23 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323182754/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=10&mun=018. dead.
  2. Web site: El Oro . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . . November 10, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070528124241/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/durango/mpios/10005a.htm . May 28, 2007 .