Poanas Municipality

Poanas
Municipality of Poanas in Durango
Poanas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 23°58′N 104°03′W / 23.967°N 104.050°W / 23.967; -104.050
Country Mexico
StateDurango
Municipal seatVilla Unión
Area
  Total
1,841 km2 (711 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
24,918
  Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)

Poanas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1841 km2.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 24,918, up from 23,466 as of 2005.

The municipality had 61 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Villa Unión (10,753), classified as urban, and Cieneguilla (1,984), San Atenógenes (La Villita) (1,844), La Joya (1,826), Orizaba (1,452), and Narciso Mendoza (1,053), classified as rural.