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Durango (city)
Durango
Victoria de Durango Korian | |
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Montage_Victoria_de_Durango.jpg) Clockwise from top-left: Plaza de Armas, Cathedral Basilica of Durango, Quinta del Aguacate, Santa Ana y la Sagrada Familia Parish, City Hall, San Agustín Temple, and San Juan Bautista Parish | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Durango_State.svg) Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): La Perla del Guadiana, La Tierra del Cine | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Mun.Durango-Durango.svg) Location of Durango within the State | |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Mexico_States_blank_map.svg)  Durango Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 24°01′30″N 104°40′03″W / 24.02500°N 104.66750°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Durango |
| Municipality | Durango |
| Founded | 8 July 1563 |
| Founded by | Francisco de Ibarra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jorge Alejandro Salum del Palacio |
| Elevation | 1,890 m (6.201 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 616,068[1] |
| • Metro | 688,697[1] |
| • Demonym | Duranguense/Durangueño |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $12.7 billion[2] |
| • Per capita | $19,000 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Area code | 618 |
| Website | https://municipiodurango.gob.mx/ |
Durango (Spanish pronunciation: [duˈɾaŋɡo], Southeastern Tepehuan: Korian) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the municipality of Durango. It has a population of 616,068[3] as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living in the municipality.[4][1][5] The city's official name is Victoria de Durango, renamed in honor of the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria, a native of the state of Durango. The city is at an altitude of 1,890 m (6,201 ft) in the Valley of Guadiana.
Durango was founded on 8 July 1563, by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Ibarra. During the Spanish colonial era the city was the capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of New Spain, which consisted mostly of what became the Mexican states of Durango and Chihuahua. The city was founded due to its proximity to the Cerro del Mercado, in the northern part of the modern city, which was believed to contain large amounts of silver. Eventually, an important iron deposit was discovered.[6][7]
- ^ a b c "División municipal. Durango". www.cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Victoria de Durango (Durango, Durango, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". City Population. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Durango (Municipality, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Información Nacional, por Entidad Federativa y Municipios". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Durango: Más alla del agua. Durango: State of Durango. 2015. ISBN 978-60796629-1-2.
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