Gómez Palacio
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municipal seat of Gómez Palacio, State of Durango, Mexico
Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- State
- Durango
- Municipality
- Gómez Palacio
- Total
- 327,985
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Gómez Palacio Municipality
- Population
- 342286
- Area
- 844.067
- Elevation
- 1135
- Capital of
- Gómez Palacio Municipality
- Official website
- www.gomezpalacio.gob.mx
- Dialing code
- 871
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- Gómez Palacio
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Encyclopedic overview
Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, adjacent to the border of the state of Coahuila. The city is named in honor of former Durango governor, Francisco Gómez Palacio y Bravo.
As of 2010, the city of Gómez Palacio had a population of 327,985, up from 304,515 as of 2005, making it the state's second-largest community. The municipality (including the city) population was 327,985. The municipality's area is 990.2 square kilometres (382.3 sq mi). The municipality and city are part of a large metropolitan area called the Comarca Lagunera Metropolitan Area, which includes Torreón Municipality and Matamoros Municipality in Coahuila, as well as Lerdo Municipality in Durango. The metropolitan area had an official population of 1,215,817 persons in 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gómez Palacio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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