Nombre de Dios Municipality

Nombre de Dios
Nombre de Dios
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 23°51′N 104°15′W / 23.850°N 104.250°W / 23.850; -104.250
Country Mexico
StateDurango
Municipal seatNombre de Dios
Area
  Total
1,478.3 km2 (570.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
18,488
  Density13/km2 (32/sq mi)

Nombre de Dios is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Nombre de Dios. The municipality covers an area of 1,478.3 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 18,488, up from 17,318 as of 2005.

As of 2010, the town of Nombre de Dios had a population of 5,302. Other than the town of Nombre de Dios, the municipality had 110 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: San José de la Parrilla (La Parrilla) (1,500), Gabriel Hernández (Mancinas) (1,256), and General Francisco Murguía (1,241), classified as rural.