Gómez 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 Torreón 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.
