Mazapil Municipality

Mazapil
Church in Mazapil
Church in Mazapil
Location in Zacatecas
Location in Zacatecas
Mazapil is located in Mexico
Mazapil
Mazapil
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 101°33′19″W / 24.63833°N 101.55528°W / 24.63833; -101.55528[1]
Country Mexico
State Zacatecas
Established17 January 1825
SeatMazapil
Government
 • PresidentGregorio Macías Zúñiga
Area
 • Total12,143.256 km2 (4,688.537 sq mi)
Elevation
[1] (of seat)
2,268 m (7,441 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total17,813
 • Estimate 
(2015 Intercensal Survey)[4]
17,457
 • Density1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi)
 • Seat
794
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)
Postal codes
98230–98287[5]
Area code842
WebsiteOfficial website

Mazapil is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas and the state's largest municipality by area. The Peñasquito mine, Mexico's largest gold mine, is located in this sparsely populated municipality.

  1. ^ a b "Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal" (in Spanish). SEGOB. 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "H. Ayuntamiento Mazapil". Government of Mazapil. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Mazapil: Datos generales". Cédulas de información municipal (in Spanish). SEDESOL. 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ Panorama sociodemográfico de Zacatecas 2015 (PDF). INEGI. 2016. p. 66. ISBN 978-607-739-890-5. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Descarga de Códigos Postales". Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales. Mexican Postal Service. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.