El Salto is a town and seat of the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo

Pueblo Nuevo, Durango

Pueblo Nuevo is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at El Salto. The municipality covers an area of 6178.3 km²....

 in the southwestern part of the Mexican 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...

. It is the largest town on Federal Highway 40

Mexican Federal Highway 40

Mexican Federal Highway 40, also called the "Carretera Interoceánica" is a road beginning at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and ending at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, at the Pacific coast...

 between the city of Durango

Durango, Durango

-Climate:The city of Durango has a semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the Koppen system. The climate is temperate in the western portion , with the average annual temperature being 15 °C and consisting of an average annual rainfall of 1,600 millimeters. In the eastern region, the average...

 and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, with a 2005 census population of 21,793 inhabitants. Situated on a pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

-forested plateau

Plateau

In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...

 about 2,580 meters (8,465 feet) above sea level in the Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...

Mountain range, the town is home to a large lumber industry. It also has a military base. The surrounding municipality has an area of 6,178.3 km² (2,385.45 sq mi) and a population of 47,104. Its largest other community is the town of La Ciudad, in the western part of the municipality.