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Durango

Durango
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango
Flag of Durango
Flag
Official seal of Durango
Seal
State of Durango within Mexico
State of Durango within Mexico
Coordinates: 24°56′N 104°55′W / 24.933°N 104.917°W / 24.933; -104.917Coordinates: 24°56′N 104°55′W / 24.933°N 104.917°W / 24.933; -104.917
Country Mexico
Capital Victoria de Durango
Largest City Victoria de Durango
Municipalities 39
Admission May 22, 1824
Order 17th
Government
 • Governor Jorge Herrera PRI
 • Senators Rodolfo Dorador PAN
Andrés Galván Rivas PAN
Ricardo Pacheco PRI
 • Deputies
Area
 • Total 123,317 km2 (47,613 sq mi)
  Ranked 4th
Highest elevation 3,340 m (10,960 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,754,754
 • Rank 24th
 • Density 14/km2 (37/sq mi)
 • Density rank 30th
Demonym(s) Duranguense
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC−5)
Postal code 34-35
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-DUR
HDI Increase 0.732 High Ranked 21st
GDP US$48,158.602 mil
Website Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 104,430.112 million of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 8,158.602 millon of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

Durango (About this sound duˈɾaŋɡo ), officially Free and Sovereign State of Durango (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango) ( Tepehuan: Korian) (Nahuatl: Tepēhuahcān), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur. The city of Victoria de Durango is the state's capital, named after the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.

Durango, along with the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinaloa, formed the historical and geographical unity of Northern Mexico, for what was the majority of the last millennium; it was not until the territories were reorganized after the independence struggle that they emerged as independent entities. This broad area represents the natural corridor that the Sierra Madre Occidental offered to the Toltec and Nahuatlaca tribes, both whom took advantage of the large accidental stone conformations to survive in the wilderness of the territory. The new formations formed as the only security for the tribes that moved among Northern Mexico and the Valley of Anahuac, eventually becoming a home-state for these tribes who then began to form small communities, united by language and region. The Tepehuános, Huichol, Cora, Tarahumara incorporated perfectly distinct nations, each with evident sedentary purposes, and a strong family structure, all whilst setting aside the bellicose attitude of the Chichimec tribe of the center of the then-current Republic. Sedentary life began in Durango around 500 B.C. in response to population growth. The exceptions were the Acaxee, Humas, and Xiximes who were constantly at war but always on the look-out for final settlements in the region of the Quebradas.


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