Durango (state)

Durango
Capital	Victoria de Durango
surface	123,181 km² (rank 4 )
population	1,632,934 (Rank 24 )
Population density	12 inhabitants per km² (2000 census)
governor	José Rosas Aispuro ( PAN ) (2016-2022)
Federal MPs	PT = 1 Morena = 1 PES = 1 PAN = 1 (4 federal constituencies)
Senators	PT = 1 Morena = 1 MC = 1
ISO 3166-2	MX DUR
Postal abbreviation	Dgo.
Website	www.durango.gob.mx

Durango [ duˈɾaŋgo ], officially Free and Sovereign State of Durango ( Spanish Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ), is a Mexican state with 123,181 km² and 1,632,934 inhabitants. The Spanish conquistadors named it after the Spanish city Durango in the Basque Vizcaya .

Durango consists mainly of the desert mountainous country of the western Sierra Madre . The capital Victoria de Durango , often referred to as Durango for short, got its official name after the first Mexican president, Guadalupe Victoria , who came from the state of Durango. In addition to the capital, the cities of Gómez Palacio and Ciudad Lerdo are particularly important. In total, this state, which makes up about 6.3% of the area of ​​Mexico, consists of 39 municipalities .

In the colonial times , the area was administered together with Chihuahua as Nueva Vizcaya .

Population development

year	population
1950	629.874
1960	760.836
1970	939.208
1980	1,182,320
1990	1,349,378
1995	1,431,748
2000	1,448,661
2005	1,509,117
2010	1,632,934
2015	1,754,754

Web links

Commons : Durango  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Durango State  Travel Guide

• http://www.durango.gob.mx/

Coordinates: 24 ° 56 '  N , 104 ° 55'  W