Durango
Durango
Korian (Tepehuán) | |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Durango Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango (Spanish) Korian (Tepehuán) | |
Templo San Agustín | |
State of Durango within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 24°56′N 104°55′W / 24.933°N 104.917°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital and largest city | Victoria de Durango |
| Municipalities | 39 |
| Admission | May 22, 1824 |
| Order | 17th |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Esteban Villegas Villarreal |
| • Senators | Miguel Ángel Lucero Olivas Lilia Margarita Valdez Martínez José Ramón Enríquez Herrera |
| • Deputies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 123,317 km2 (47,613 sq mi) |
| Ranked 4th | |
| Highest elevation (Cerro Gordo) | 3,355 m (11,007 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,832,650 |
| • Rank | 24th |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 30th |
| Demonym | Duranguense |
| GDP | |
| • Total | MXN 342 billion (US$17.0 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$9,024) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Postal code | 34-35 |
| Area code | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-DUR |
| HDI | 0.781 high Ranked 21nd of 32 |
| Website | Official Web Site |
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Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650, the 8th lowest of Mexico's states, Durango has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur. The capital city, Victoria de Durango, is named after the first President of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.