Durango
Durango is the capital of the state of Durango in Northern Mexico. It is a very friendly city. Officially named Victoria de Durango in 1828 in honor of Mexico's first president Guadalupe Victoria who hailed from here, Durango was originally founded by Captain Francisco de Ibarra in 1563.
Photo: Oliver Alexander Anderson Huerta, CC BY 2.0.
Durango
- Type: City
- Description: capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango
- Categories: big city and capital
- Location: Durango, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
Latitude 24.022° or 24° 1' 19.2" north | Longitude -104.6547° or 104° 39' 17.1" west |
Population 519,000 | IATA airport code DGO |
United Nations Location Code MX DGO | Elevation 1884 metres (6181 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 288369855 | GeoNames ID 4011743 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Durango, Durango
- Arabic: دورانجو
- Arabic: دورانغو
- Armenian: Վիկտորիա դե Դուրանգո
- Basque: Durango
- Belarusian: Вікторыя-дэ-Дуранга
- Bengali: দুরাঙ্গো
- Breton: Victoria de Durango
- Bulgarian: Дуранго
- Catalan: Victoria de Durango
- Cebuano: Victoria de Durango
- Chinese: Victoria de Durango
- Chinese: 杜兰戈
- Danish: Durango
- Dutch: Durango
- Dutch: Victoria de Durango
- English: Ciudad de Durango
- English: Durango, Durango
- English: Durango City
- English: Victoria de Durango
- Esperanto: Durango
- Esperanto: Victoria de Durango
- Finnish: Durango
- French: Durango
- Galician: Victoria de Durango
- Georgian: დურანგო
- German: Victoria de Durango
- Greek: Ντουράνγκο
- Gujarati: ડુરંગો
- Hebrew: דורנגו
- Hindi: दुरांगो
- Hungarian: Victoria de Durango
- Iloko: Ciudad de Durango
- Iloko: Durango
- Iloko: Victoria de Durango
- Indonesian: Durango
- Italian: Durango
- Italian: Victoria de Durango
- Japanese: ドゥランゴ
- Kannada: ದುರಾಂಗೊ
- Korean: 두랑고
- Ladino: Victoria de Durango
- Lao: Siudad ti Durango
- Latvian: Durango
- Lithuanian: Durangas
- Luxembourgish: Victoria de Durango
- Malay: Durango
- Marathi: डुरंगो
- Min Nan Chinese: Victoria de Durango
- Mingrelian: დურანგო (ნოღა)
- Mingrelian: დურანგო
- Norwegian: Victoria de Durango
- Norwegian Bokmål: Victoria de Durango
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Byen Durango
- Occitan (post 1500): Durango
- Persian: دورانگو
- Persian: دورانگو، دورانگو
- Polish: Durango
- Portuguese: Durango
- Portuguese: Victoria de Durango
- Quechua: Victoria de Durango
- Romanian: Victoria de Durango
- Russian: Виктория-де-Дуранго
- Russian: Дуранго
- Scots: Durango, Durango
- Serbian: Викторија де Дуранго
- Serbo-Croatian: Victoria de Durango, Durango
- Serbo-Croatian: Victoria de Durango
- Silesian: Durango
- Sinhala: ඩුරන්ගෝ
- Spanish: Ciudad de Durango
- Spanish: Durango
- Spanish: Victoria de Durango
- Swahili: Durango, Durango
- Swedish: Durango
- Swedish: Victoria de Durango
- Tamil: டுரங்கோ
- Tatar: Виктория-де-Дуранго
- Telugu: దురాంగో
- Thai: ดูรังโก
- Turkish: Durango
- Turkish: Victoria de Durango
- Ukrainian: Вікторія-де-Дуранго
- Ukrainian: Дуранґо
- Urdu: دورانگو سٹی
- Urdu: دورانگو شہر
- Uzbek: Durango (Meksika)
- Uzbek: Durango
- Vietnamese: Durango
- Waray (Philippines): Durango, Durango
- Welsh: Durango, Durango
- Tepēhuahcān
Other Places Named Durango
In the Area
Localities
- Las PlayasNeighborhood
- ReformaNeighborhood
- Morelos NorteNeighborhood
- Porfirio DiazNeighborhood
- Azcapo TzalcoNeighborhood
- Jose MartiNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Durango Institute of TechnologyUniversity
- Panteon De OrienteCemetery
- Facultad de DerechoUniversity
- Facultad de Contaduria Y AdministracionUniversity
- Loma Fray DiegoHill
- Puente de AltamiraBridge
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