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Map of Mexico with Durango highlighted. Durango is a state in Northwest Mexico that is divided into 39 municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Durango is the 25th most populous state with 1,832,650 inhabitants, but the 4th largest by land area spanning 123,575.36 square kilometres (47,712.71 sq mi).
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Cañon de Fernandez State Park is a natural protected area in the northern Mexican state of Durango. It covers 17,000 hectares straddling the Nazas River in Lerdo Municipality , right in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert .
The name Durango is of Basque origin. Ibarra also named the surrounding area Nuevo Vizcaya (New Biscay). [8] [6] The official name of the city became Victoria de Durango in 1826, in honor of Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico and native of the state. [8] [6] [7] The city's coat-of-arms serves as the seal for the state. [6]
Durango, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, [b] 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 .
Durango is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango.The municipal seat lies at Durango.The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km 2.. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 582,267, [1] up from 526,659 as of 2005.