Geography
The Comarca Lagunera is formed by 15 municipios; 5 in Coahuila (Torreón, Matamoros, San Pedro, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca) and 10 in Durango (Gómez Palacio, Ciudad Lerdo, Tlahualilo, Mapimí, Rodeo, Nazas, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Luis del Cordero, Simón Bolívar, San Pedro del Gallo). It covers an area of 44,887 km² (17,330 mi²) out of which 22,031 km² (8,506 mi²) belong to Coahuila and 25,856 km² (9 983 mi²) to Durango, which makes it 2.5 percent of the national area. It borders north with the state of Chihuahua, and with the municipios of Sierra Mojada and Cuatrociénegas of Coahuila, to the west with the municipios of Indé and Villa Hidalgo in Durango, to the southwest with the state of Zacatecas and to the east with the municipio of Parras in Coahuila. This polygon is located in the north-central part of Mexico, between the parallels 24° 22' and 26° 23' North and meridians 102° 22' and 104° 47' West in the southernmost part of the Bolsón de Mapimí. The average altitude of the region is of 1,139 meters (3,736 ft).
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