Victoria de Durango
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Coordinates: 24 ° 1 ′ N , 104 ° 40 ′ W Victoria de Durango on the map of Durango
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Durango | |
| Municipio | Durango | |
| City foundation | 1563 | |
| Residents | 518.709 | |
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| height | 1880 m | |
| Post Code | 34000 | |
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Victoria de Durango or just Durango is the capital of the Mexican state of Durango and the municipality of Durango and the seat of an archbishopric, with a population of around 520,000 . The current name is made up of the name of the first Mexican President Guadalupe Victoria and the name of the province. The historic center of the city in 2010 as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro by the UNESCO as a world heritage site was classified.
Location and climate
The city of Durango is located in the wooded Valle de Guadiana about 875 km (driving distance) northwest of Mexico City at an altitude of about 1880 m . The climate is dry and warm ("steppe climate"); Rain (approx. 465 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the summer half-year.
Population development
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 427.135 | 463.830 | 518.709 |
The vast majority of the population is of Indian descent, but there are also numerous mestizos .
economy
Agriculture (especially maize cultivation ) and mines (gold, silver, lead , etc. ) form the basis of life in the city, but also from industry and trade or intermediate trade with the Pacific coast ( Mazatlán ) on the one hand and the major cities of northern Mexico ( Chihuahua , Monterrey, etc.) ) on the other hand lives. There are also various higher education institutions, including several universities.
history
Durango was founded by the Conquistador Francisco de Ibarra on July 8, 1563 as Villa de Durango and named after the Basque city of the same name . Franciscan brothers and, since 1590, the Jesuits endeavored to Christianize the Indians of northern Mexico. Already in 1620 under Pope Paul V the diocese Durango was established , which in 1891 under Leo XIII. was raised to the archbishopric. In Durango, the later national resistance against the dictator Victoriano Huerta developed at the beginning of the 20th century .
sons and daughters of the town
- Ricardo García Granados (1851–1930), engineer, economist, politician, diplomat and historian
- Karl Wilmanns (1873–1945), German neurologist and psychiatrist
- Hugo Meyer-Delius (1877–1965), German pediatrician
- Richard Wilmanns (1880–1958), German doctor at the Westphalian Diakonissenanstalt Sarepta in Bethel
- Ernst Wilmanns (1882–1960), German history teacher
- Jesús Villareal y Fierro (1884–1965), bishop
- Ángel Zárraga (1886–1946), painter
- Carlos López y Valles (1887–1942), actor
- Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), actor
- Dolores del Río (1905-1983), film actress
- Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie SJ (1907-1993), religious, Bishop of Trincomalee
- Armando Soto La Marina (1909–1983), actor
- Horacio Rentería Rocha (1912–1972), painter
- Rafael Barraza Sánchez (1928–2020), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Mazatlán
- Humberto Arrieta (* 1945), football player
- Olga Appell (* 1963), American long-distance runner of Mexican origin
- Daniel Corral Núñez (* 1967), football player
- José Luis López (* 1973), boxer
- Jaime Correa (* 1979), soccer player
- Joel Almeida (* 1991), soccer goalkeeper
- Victoria Rodríguez (born 1995), tennis player
Web links
- Durango - Tourism Site (Spanish)
- Durango - Tourism Site (Spanish)