Durango

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Durango

Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango
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Official seal of Durango
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State o Durango athin Mexico
State o Durango athin Mexico
Coordinates: 24°56′05″N 104°54′43″W / 24.93472°N 104.91194°W / 24.93472; -104.91194
KintraMexico
CaipitalVictoria de Durango
Lairgest CeetyVictoria de Durango
Municipalities39
Admission22 Mey 1824[1]
Order17t
Govrenment
 • GovrenorJorge Herrera PRI
 • Senators[2]Rodolfo Dorador PAN
Andrés Galván Rivas PAN
Ricardo Pacheco PRI
 • Deputies[3]
Area
 • Total123451 km2 (47,665 sq mi)
 Ranked 4t
Highest elevation3340 m (10,960 ft)
Population
 (2010)[6]
 • Total1,632,934
 • Rank24t
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
 • Density rank30t
Demonym(s)Duranguense
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
34-35
Aurie code
ISO 3166 codeMX-DUR
HDIIncrease 0.822 High Ranked 19t
GDPUS$ 8,158.602 mil[a]
WebsiteOffeecial 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]

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.

Major communities[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

Durango is dividit intae (39 municipalities).

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  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.

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