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| Durango (pronounced
[duˈɾaŋgo]) is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its
population is 1,509,117. It has Mexico's second-lowest population
density, after Baja California Sur. The city of Durango is the state's
capital. Most of the state is heavily mountainous and a good part
forested, the Sierra Madre Occidental occupies the western and central
part of the state. This mountain range contains a good supply of
minerals, including the silver that encouraged Spanish occupation of the
territory after it was discovered. These mines extend north into
Chihuahua and south into the state of Zacatecas. Vast desert basins in
the Laguna District are irrigated by the Nazas River.
Francisco de Ibarra, the first to
colonize Durango, settled this part of the vast northern
province of Nueva Vizcaya in 1563, when he founded the
capital city and named it Durango for his native town
Durango, Biscay, Spain, Europe. The foundation was just
one in his larger program of initiating settlements
throughout the province. This was a late colonization
for the Spanish, due mostly to heavy resistance by the
indigenous population. From first contact to modern
times, the indigenous peoples have attempted to gain
some autonomy, address grievances, and maintain
traditional land ownership. (Information provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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Location Durango in Mexico |
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Cities, Towns and Areas of Durango
Carreras
Cuencamé
Durango
El Salto
Gómez Palacio
Guanaceví
Lerdo
Mapimí
Santiago Papasquiaro
Tamazula de Victoria
Tepehuanes
Tlahualilo de Zaragoza
Vicente Guerrero
Villa Hidalgo
Carreras is a small town located in the Mexican
state of Durango. The town is part of the municipio
(municipality) of Tepehuanes. Carreras has a small population of
mostly retired people, with tourism during the summer and the
winter. Tourists mostly consist of the children of migrant
parents from the United States mostly from California, Nevada,
Illinois, and Virginia. Occasionally the town hosts various "Coleaderas"
(Rodeos) In the town's "Lienzo Charro." (Information provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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Cuencamé
Cuencamé is a small city in the state of
Durango,
which is in northern
Mexico.
Cuencamé was founded by the
Spaniards around
the 1890s. Towns near this city include Ocuila, Pasaje, Cerro Gordo, Pedriceña
and Velardeña. Cuencame has been in existence at least since the late 1500s.
Cuencamé originally was a very small town formed by a joining wild northern
tribes. During the colonial period different groups settled in there, as the Zacatecos,
Tepehuanos
and Laguneros. This place was located in the central arid area and attracted a
lot of people interested in the silver mines around Cuencamé.
The area is semiarid. The ground is flat and surrounded by mountains. The average temperature is around 21.1°C. The annual rainfall is 243.7 millimeters. Mountains To the township North lies the San Lorenzo mountain. Between these mountains lie the main state higway and the railroad to Torreón, Coahuila. In this area there is the Huarichic Canyon. These mountains spread until the Lerdo township. And the name of this Mountains is “Sierra Fernández”.(4) In this chain of the mountains lies a San Isidro peak that is a wall of this chain of the mountains. In these mountains lie the Velardeña's valley and its mines. There are rural and steep mountains as a Guadalupe mountains that lies and combine the area landscape with Jimulco and Simon Bolivar, both of the Coahuila, state. These two mountains Guadalupe and Jimulco shape the most wide canyon of this area, between them it spreads the Aguanaval river and the state railroad. The name of this mountain is “Jimulco Canyon”. The Aguanaval river flow into the Nazas River, this is the main river in this area. The surrounding area to this mountains is arid and easy to watch the Cretaceous formation of the plates and layers of the ground. 2.2.2. Rivers, lakes, and springs. The main river in this area is the Cuecamé stream. All of the rivers in this area arrive to the Cuencamé stream. There are many small streams that in the rainy season are plenty of water. There is another stream near to San Pedro Ocuila and other named the “Arrieras”. In the recent years many of these streams have decreased substantially. The Cuencamé stream runs into the Nazas river in the point named Rancho de Fernández. In the 50's they were built two dams to keep the mountains water in the area. These dams have had helping to the agriculture needs in this north area. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuencam%C3%A9,_Durango for additional information.)
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The city of Durango, or Victoria de
Durango, is the capital of the state and largest city of
the Mexican state of Durango located at an altitude of
1890 m. The
city was founded in 1563. In the Spanish colonial era it
was the capital of the Nueva Vizcaya province of
New Spain, which included the present day states of
Durango and Chihuahua. In the 2005 census the city had a
population of 463,830 people. Its surrounding
municipality of the same name, of which it serves as
municipal seat, had a population of 526,659. The
municipality has a relatively large land area of 10,041
km² (3,877 sq mi) and includes such outlying communities
as El Nayar and Cinco de Mayo.
The capital of Durango has a semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the Koppen system, that is a steppe climate with an average annual temperature of less than 18°C (64.4°F). The city's weather data for the years 1971 to 2000 are the following: the extreme temperatures are -14°C the lowest (December 13, 1997) and 39.5°C the highest (May 28, 1980). The temperature overall averaged 17.2°C and the yearly precipitation 455.2 mm, with the wettest month recorded being August 1973 (277.2 mm) and the record rainfall for a single day is 108.5 mm on September 15, 1994. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango,_Durango for additional information.) |
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El Salto
El Salto is a town in the southwestern part of the Mexican
state of Durango. It is the largest town on Federal Highway 40 between the city
of Durango and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, with a 2005 census population of 21,793
inhabitants. Situated in the Sierra Madre Mountain range, the town is home to a
military base and a large lumber industry. El Salto is the municipal seat of
Pueblo Nuevo municipality, which has an area of 6,178.3 km² (2,385.45 sq mi) and
a population of 47,104. Its largest other community is the town of La Ciudad, in
the western part of the municipality.
(Information provided by
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Gómez Palacio is a city and
its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango,
Mexico, located at 25.57°N, 103.50°W adjacent to the
border with the state of Coahuila. The city is named in
honor of former Durango governor Francisco Gómez Palacio
y Bravo. In the 2005 census the population of the city
of Gómez Palacio was 239,842 people, making it the
state's second-largest community. The municipality's
population was 304,515. The municipality's area is 990.2
km² (382.3 sq mi). The municipality and city are part of
a large metropolitan area which includes the
municipalities of Torreón and Matamoros in Coahuila, as
well as Lerdo in Durango. The metropolitan area had an
official population of 1,110,890 persons in 2005. (Information
and picture provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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for additional information.)
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Guanaceví
Guanaceví is a town located in the northwest of the Mexican
state of Durango. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of
Guanaceví, which in the 2005 Census had a population of 10,224. It is filled
with mines that contain many minerals like gold, silver, and brass. It has many
food traditions that contain sopes, enchiladas, chapaneco, tezhuino and queso,
just to name a few.
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Lerdo is a small Mexican
city in the eponymous municipality of northeastern
Durango state bordering southeastern Coahuila. Per the
2005 census, Lerdo City had a population of 71,373
people and the Lerdo Municipality had a population of
129,191 people. The municipality has an area of 1,868.8
km² (721.5 sq mi). It is part of a greater metropolitan
area that includes the municipalities of Torreón and
Matamoros in Coahuila, as well as Gómez Palacio in
Durango. The city is lush with vegetation, but has an
arid climate. Ciudad Lerdo is known for its parks,
gardens, and ice cream made with fresh milk from local
dairies. (Information and picture provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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for additional information.)
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Mapimí is a municipality located in
the northeastern portion of the state. It borders the
municipalities of Lerdo, Gómez Palacio, Tlahualilo, Villa
Hidalgo, San Pedro del Gallo, San Luis del Cordero and Nazas. As
of the 1995 census, the population of the municipality was
24,024.
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Santiago Papasquiaro is a town of
47,360 people (2005 census) located in a valley in west-central
Durango. It is the fourth-largest community in the state in
population, and is the municipal seat of a municipality of the
same name. It is home of a military base of the 71st Infantry
Battalion. The town is situated on the eastern slopes of the
Sierra Madre Occidental. Santiago Papasquiaro is located at an
altitude of over 5,000 ft. above sea level. Agriculture is a
vital part of the town's economy. During the past few years, the
city has improved vastly. The municipality has an area of
7,238.4 km² (2,794.76 sq mi) and a census population of 41,539.
Many emigrants of Santiago Papasquiaro live in the Chicago
metropolitan area in Illinois. Chicago has a large community of
Mexican immigrants from Durango, with a significant number from
Santiago Papasquiaro. Many famous duranguense bands are from
Santiago Papasquiaro, including such groups as Montez de
Durango. Also one of the most famous grupero bands are from
Santiago Papasquiaro are Los Bondadosos. (Information and
picture provided by
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for additional information.)
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Tamazula de Victoria
Tamazula de Victoria is a small town near the Sierra Madre
Occidental mountains. The town is located about 1.5 hours east of Culiacán,
Sinaloa. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, was born
there, hence the name. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria.
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Tepehuanes is one of the
municipalities of the state of Durango, and dates back to the
early 1800s. It was founded by a Spanish family named the Navars.
The Navars founded the first Catholic church in Tepehuanes. The
town gained its name from the native Tepehuan Indians.
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Tlahualilo de
Zaragoza
Tlahualilo de Zaragoza is a city located in the northeastern
part of the Mexican state of Durango. Tlahualilo of Zaragoza is the municipal
seat of the municipality of Tlahualilo. The city has 8,798 inhabitants and is
part of the Comarca Lagunera metropolitan area which has a population totaling
more than 912,000 inhabitants in 2005. The municipality has a population of
19,882 inhabitants and borders the state of Coahuila in the east, the
municipality of Mapimí to the west and the city of Gómez Palacio to the south.
(Information and picture provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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for additional information.)
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Vicente Guerrero is a small
community in the Mexican state of Durango. The place contains
about 200 restaurants and other places to visit, including
museums, historical places, and rides. It was named for
Independence War hero and early President Vicente Guerrero. The
Firts name of the city was Muleros, because, all people used
this small city like a rest; too have very important history
with the conde of suchil, because in the time of revolution, the
people used roads down the city the are called Tuneles, in
respect to the indias the most popular are the muchis. The have
people very importat, like the teacher Viginia Lozano who,
writed a book about the regional food, El teacher Jasso who is
one of the most important musician, Jesus Arellano excellent
teacher and professional on classic music, The brothers Rueda
who are the ones of the team on music important to sing boleros.
One of the more antiques school are the Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez
(ejidal). (Information and picture provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
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for additional information.)
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