Nazas Municipality


Nazas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Nazas. The municipality covers an area of 2,412.8 km2.
In 2020, the municipality had a total population of 12,894, up from 12,411 in 2010 and 12,166 in 2005.
As of 2010, the town of Nazas had a population of 3,622. Other than the town of Nazas, the municipality had 78 localities, the largest of which were: General Lázaro Cárdenas (Pueblo Nuevo) and Paso Nacional, classified as rural.
The greatest extent of the solar eclipse of 8 April 2024 was in the village of Guadalupe Hidalgo in the municipality of Nazas, with a totality of about 4 minutes and 28 seconds.