Tag: Durango

Durango (Spanish pronunciation: [duˈɾaŋɡo]) officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango (English: Free and Sovereign State of Durango) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico’s second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur. The city of Victoria de Durango is the state’s capital.
Durango, along with the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinaloa, formed the historical and geographical unity of Northern Mexico, for what was the majority of the last millennium; it wasn’t until the territories were reorganized after the independence struggle that they emerged as independent entities. This broad area represents the natural corridor that the Sierra Madre Occidental offered to the Toltec and Nahuatlaca tribes, both whom took advantage of the large accidental stone conformations to survive in the wilderness of the territory. The new…