El Salto, Durango

El Salto, Durango

El Salto is a town in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Durango. It is the largest town on Federal Highway 40 between the city of Durango and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, with a 2005 census population of 21,793 inhabitants. Situated in the Sierra Madre Mountain range, the town is home to a military base and a large lumber industry. El Salto is the municipal seat of Pueblo Nuevo municipality, which has an area of 6,178.3 km² (2,385.45 sq mi) and a population of 47,104. Its largest other community is the town of La Ciudad, in the western part of the municipality.

References

* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_durango Durango] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México


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