Durango

For ither uises, see Durango (disambiguation).

Durango (Spaingie pronunciation: [duˈɾaŋɡo]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Durango) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. The state is locatit in Northwast Mexico. Wi a population o 1,632,934, it haes Mexico's seicont-lawest population density, efter Baja California Sur. The ceety o Victoria de Durango is the state's caipital.

Durango Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango
State
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State o Durango athin Mexico
Coordinates: 24°56′05″N 104°54′43″W
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Victoria de Durango
Lairgest Ceety	Victoria de Durango
Municipalities	39
Admission	22 Mey 1824[1]
Order	17t
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Jorge Herrera
• Senators[2]	Rodolfo Dorador Andrés Galván Rivas Ricardo Pacheco
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Pedro Ávila Nevárez • Yolanda De la Torre • Óscar García Barrón • Ricardo López • Ricardo Rebollo • Laura Estrada • Bonifacio Herrera • Carlos Cruz Martínez • Lorena Corona Valdés • Alfonso Ríos Vázquez
Area [4]
• Total	123451 km2 (47,665 sq mi)
	Ranked 4t
Highest elevation [5]	3340 m (10,960 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	1,632,934
• Rank	24t
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
• Density rank	30t
Demonym(s)	Duranguense
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	34-35
Aurie code	Aurie codes 1 an 2 • 618 • 629 • 649 • 671 • 674 • 675 • 676 • 677 • 871 • 872
ISO 3166 code	MX-DUR
HDI	0.822 High Ranked 19t
GDP	US$ 8,158.602 mil[a]
Website	Offeecial Wabsteid
^ a. The state's GDP wis 104,430.112 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amunt correspondin tae 8,158.602 millon o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8]

Major communities

Ceety	Municipality	Population in 2000	Population in 2010
Victoria de Durango	Durango	427,135	518,709
Gómez Palacio	Gómez Palacio	210,113	257,352
Lerdo	Lerdo	58,862	79,669
Santiago Papasquiaro	Santiago Papasquiaro	22,571	26,121
El Salto	Pueblo Nuevo	19,210	24,241
Guadalupe Victoria	Guadalupe Victoria	14,156	16,506
Vicente Guerrero	Vicente Guerrero	14,444	15,982
Canatlán	Canatlán	10,260	11,495
Nuevo Ideal	Nuevo Ideal	8,555	10,876
Villa Unión	Poanas	10,168	10,753
Cuencamé de Ceniceros	Cuencamé	8,806	9,848

Source: INEGI^[9]

Municipalities

Main airticle: Municipalities o Durango

Durango is dividit intae (39 municipalities).

References

1. "La diputación provincial y el federalismo mexicano" (in Spanish).CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
2. "Senadores por Durango LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
3. "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Durango". Camara de Diputados. Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
4. "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
5. "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 18 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
6. "Proyecciones de la población de México 2005-2050". Consejo Nacional de Población. Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
7. "Durango". 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
8. "Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano". www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
9. "INEGI". Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010. INEGI. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2011.

Freemit airtins

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Durango.

• (in Spaingie) Durango State Govrenment Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Film Commission Durango Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Spaingie) Durango thoosans o picturs o local rural communities Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
• John P. Schmal, "The history o indigenous Durango" Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine detailin the series o revolts
• (in Spaingie) Territorial Diveesion (legal text) Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine