Poanas Municipality
Poanas | |
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 Municipality of Poanas in Durango | |
  Poanas Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 23°58′N 104°03′W / 23.967°N 104.050°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Durango |
| Municipal seat | Villa Unión |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,841 km2 (711 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 24,918 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Poanas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1841 km2.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 24,918,[1] up from 23,466 as of 2005.[2]
The municipality had 61 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Villa Unión (10,753), classified as urban, and Cieneguilla (1,984), San Atenógenes (La Villita) (1,844), La Joya (1,826), Orizaba (1,452), and Narciso Mendoza (1,053), classified as rural.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Poanas". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Poanas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
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