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Durango

Durango is a state in . Most of the state is mountainous and heavily forested, with the Sierra Madre Occidental covering around two-thirds of the state.
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is the capital of the state of in . It is a very friendly city. The Historic Center of the city contains the largest number of historic buildings catalogued in the north of the country, and is part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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is the second-largest city in Durango, with a population over 300,000 people. The city is located in the northeastern part of the state.

is a town of about 30,000 people situated in the northwestern region of Durango, .

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is a small, once thriving mining community in the northwestern state of Durango. The town was largely abandoned in the early 20th century as the mineral deposits were exhausted, and today is largely a ghost town with a remaining population of about 5,000.

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is a small town of about 5,000 residents in the southeastern part of Durango, . Founded in 1562, it is the oldest town in . It is designated as one of Mexico's .

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is a city in the state of Durango. In the 1920s, a population of Mennonite immigrants, originating from Canada, settled in the area.

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is a small town in northwestern Durango, . It is a small town with limited tourist appeal, but with a population of about 2,900, it's large enough to provide basic traveler services like gas stations and food.

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is a small, historic gold mining town in Durango, . It has been designated as one of the country's .

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is a city and seat of the in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Durango. In 2015, the town had a total population of 24,241, Situated on a pine-forested plateau about 2,580 meters above sea level in the Sierra Madre mountain range, the town is home to a large lumber industry.

Durango

Latitude of center
24.8333° or 24° 50′ north
Longitude of center
-104.8333° or 104° 50′ west
Population
1,830,000
Elevation
1,966 metres (6,450 feet)
Abbreviation
“DUR”
Abbreviation
“Dgo”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626642
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4011741
Wiki­data ID
Q79918
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Durango” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Durango”
  • Arabic: “ولاية دورانغو”
  • Arabic: “ولايه دورانجو”
  • Aragonese: “Estato de Durango”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de Durango”
  • Armenian: “Դուրանգո”
  • Asturian: “Durango”
  • Aymara: “Durando Istadu”
  • Aymara: “Durango Istadu”
  • Balinese: “Durango”
  • Basque: “Durango”
  • Belarusian: “Дуранга”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Дуранга”
  • Bengali: “দুরাঙ্গো”
  • Breton: “Durango”
  • Breton: “Stad Durango”
  • Bulgarian: “Дуранго”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Durango”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Durango”
  • Chechen: “Дуранго (штат)”
  • Chechen: “Дуранго”
  • Cheyenne: “Durango”
  • Chinese: “Durango Chiu”
  • Chinese: “杜兰戈州”
  • Chinese: “杜蘭戈州”
  • Cornish: “Durango”
  • Croatian: “Durango”
  • Czech: “Durango”
  • Danish: “Durango”
  • Dutch: “Durango”
  • Esperanto: “Durango”
  • Estonian: “Durango osariik”
  • Finnish: “Durango”
  • French: “Durango”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango”
  • French: “Etat de Durango”
  • French: “État du Durango”
  • French: “MX-DUR”
  • Galician: “Estado de Durango”
  • Georgian: “დურანგო”
  • Georgian: “დურანგოს შტატი”
  • German: “Durango”
  • German: “MX-DUR”
  • Greek: “Ντουράνγκο”
  • Gujarati: “દુરાન્ગો”
  • Hausa: “Durango”
  • Hebrew: “דורנגו”
  • Hindi: “दुरंगो”
  • Hungarian: “Durango”
  • Icelandic: “Durango”
  • Ido: “Durango”
  • Iloko: “Durango”
  • Indonesian: “Durango”
  • Interlingua: “Durango”
  • Irish: “Durango”
  • Italian: “Durango”
  • Japanese: “ドゥランゴ州”
  • Kannada: “ದುರಾಂಗೊ”
  • Korean: “두랑고주”
  • Ladino: “Durango”
  • Latin: “Durangum”
  • Latvian: “Duranga”
  • Latvian: “Durango”
  • Lithuanian: “Durangas”
  • Lithuanian: “Durango valstija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Durango”
  • Macedonian: “Дуранго”
  • Malagasy: “Durango”
  • Malay: “Durango”
  • Marathi: “ड्युरॅंगो राज्य”
  • Marathi: “दुरांगो”
  • Mazanderani: “دورانگو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Durango Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Durango (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Durango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durango”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten Durango”
  • Norwegian: “Durango”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Durango”
  • Ossetian: “Дуранго”
  • Pampanga: “Durango”
  • Persian: “دورانگو”
  • Piemontese: “Durango”
  • Polish: “Durango”
  • Polish: “Estado de Durango”
  • Portuguese: “Durango”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Durango”
  • Quechua: “Durango suyu”
  • Romanian: “Durango”
  • Romansh: “Durango”
  • Russian: “Дуранго”
  • Sardinian: “Durangu”
  • Scots: “Durango”
  • Serbian: “Durango”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Durango”
  • Serbian: “Држава Дуранго”
  • Serbian: “Дуранго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Durango”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Durango”
  • Sinhala: “ඩුරන්ගෝ”
  • Sinhala: “ඩුරැන්ගෝ ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Slovak: “Durango”
  • Slovenian: “Durango”
  • Spanish: “Durango Mexico”
  • Spanish: “Durango México”
  • Spanish: “Durango”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Durango”
  • Swahili: “Durango”
  • Swedish: “Durango”
  • Tagalog: “Durango”
  • Tajik: “Дуранго”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Дуранго”
  • Tamil: “டுரங்கோ”
  • Tatar: “Дуранго (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Дуранго”
  • Telugu: “డురాంగో”
  • Thai: “Durango”
  • Thai: “รัฐดูรังโก”
  • Tumbuka: “Durango”
  • Turkish: “Durango”
  • Ukrainian: “Дуранго”
  • Ukrainian: “Дуранґо”
  • Urdu: “دورانگو”
  • Uzbek: “Durango (shtat)”
  • Uzbek: “Durango”
  • Venetian: “Durango (stato)”
  • Venetian: “Durango”
  • Vietnamese: “Durango”
  • Volapük: “Durango”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Durango”
  • Welsh: “Durango”
  • Western Panjabi: “دورانگو”
  • Wu Chinese: “杜兰戈州”
  • Yue Chinese: “杜蘭戈州”
  • “Durango”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Durango”. Photo: 4M4T3URdC4CTU5, CC BY-SA 3.0.