Mezquital is a city and seat of the Municipality of Mezquital

Mezquital

Mezquital is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Mezquital. The municipality covers an area of 7,196.5 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 30,069....

 in the state of Durango

Durango

Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...

, north-western Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. It is situated in the northeast of the municipality, near the boundary with the Municipality of Suchil

Súchil (municipality)

Súchil is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at San Pedro del Gallo. The municipality covers an area of .As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,928....

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There is uncertainty as to the official name of this municipal capital. According to an online encyclopedia of Mexico's municipalities produced by the federal Secretariat of Governance, the name of this city is simply Mezquital, but the federal postal service gives San Francisco del Mezquital, which is the name of the second convent founded in the vicinity during the colonial era.