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Santiago Papasquiaro is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santiago Papasquiaro. The municipality covers an area of 7,238.4 km². Santiago Papasquiaro municipality is at an average height of 1,730 m (5,675 ft) over the sea-level. The municipality lies east from Sierra Madre Occidental Mountain Range. It neighbors with other municipalities: Canelas and Tepehuanes municipalities at the north; San Dimas and Otáez, south; Nuevo Ideal to the east, Tamazula to the west and El Oro located northeast.[1] As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 44,966,[2] up from 41,539 as of 2005.[3] As of 2010, the city of Santiago Papasquiaro had a population of 26,121.[2] Other than the city of Santiago Papasquiaro, the municipality had 416 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ciénega de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (1,720), and José María Morelos (Chinacates) (1,331), classified as rural.[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Immrxix (talk • contribs) 19:45, 24 August 2017 (UTC)