Battle of Backbone Mountain

General Simón Bolívar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at General Simón Bolívar. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².

In 2010, the municipality had a total population of 10,629,[1] up from 9,569 in 2005.[2]

In 2010, the town of General Simón Bolívar had a population of 1,321.[1] Other than the town of General Simón Bolívar, the municipality had 54 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San José de Zaragoza (1,321) and Ignacio Zaragoza (1,019), classified as rural.[1]

See also

  • Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of South America, after whom these places are named.

References

  1. ^ a b c "General Simón Bolívar". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. ^ "General Simón Bolívar". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2008.