Durango (state)

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Durango
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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)Template: future / in 2 years
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

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