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Place Name
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Gomez Palacio
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Pronunciation
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GO-mes pah-LAH-see-yo
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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164,092 (1990)
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Location
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Durango, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
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25°39'N
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Longitude
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103°30'W
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Gomez Palacio
(GO-mes pah-LAH-see-yo), city (1990 pop.
164,092) and township, Durango, N Mexico, in fertile irrigated Laguna
Dist., on Mexico Highway 45, 3 mi/4.8 km NW of
Torreon across Nazas R.; 25°39'N 103°30'W. RR junction;
processing and agr. center (cotton, corn, wheat, barley, wine, fruit,
sugarcane, tobacco, vegetables). Wine and liquor distilling,
vegetable-oil pressing, cotton ginning, flour and textile milling,
tanning; iron and steel foundries; mfg. of agr. implements, explosives,
chemicals, soap, clothing.
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