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:''This article is about the Mexican city. For other uses of the same name, see Durango (disambiguation).''
The city of 'Durango' is the capital and largest city of the state of Durango, Mexico, located at . It has an altitude of 1890 m.[1]
The city was founded in 1563. In the Spanish colonial era it was the capital of the '' Nueva Vizcaya'' province of New Spain, including the present day Mexican states of Durango and Chihuahua.
In the 2005 census the city had a population of 463,830 people. Its surrounding municipality of the same name, of which it serves as municipal seat, had a population of 526,659. The municipality has a relatively large land area of 10,041 km² (3,877 sq mi) and includes such outlying communities as El Nayar and Cinco de Mayo.
The capital of Durango has a climate that is classified as Bsk in the Koppen system, which stands for stepe climates with an average anual temperature of less than 18ºC (64.4ºF. According to the National Weather Service of Mexico (Servicio Meteorologico Nacional) the city's weather data for the years 1971 to 2000 are the following: the extreme temperatures are -10ºC the lowest (December 13, 1997) and 39.5ºC the highest (May 28, 1980). The temperature overall averaged 17.2ºC and the yearly precipitation 455.2 mm, with the wettest month recorded being August 1973 (277.2 mm) and the record rainfall for a single day is 108.5 mm on September 15, 1994.
1. PlanetWare
★ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
★ Municipio de Durango Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
★ Gobierno Municipal de Durango Official website
★ - Messages, Photographs, About Local Towns (Spanish)
★ - Directorio Empresarial y Comercial de Durango (Spanish)
:''This article is about the Mexican city. For other uses of the same name, see Durango (disambiguation).''
Durango's Cathedral
The city was founded in 1563. In the Spanish colonial era it was the capital of the '' Nueva Vizcaya'' province of New Spain, including the present day Mexican states of Durango and Chihuahua.
In the 2005 census the city had a population of 463,830 people. Its surrounding municipality of the same name, of which it serves as municipal seat, had a population of 526,659. The municipality has a relatively large land area of 10,041 km² (3,877 sq mi) and includes such outlying communities as El Nayar and Cinco de Mayo.
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| External links |
Climate
The capital of Durango has a climate that is classified as Bsk in the Koppen system, which stands for stepe climates with an average anual temperature of less than 18ºC (64.4ºF. According to the National Weather Service of Mexico (Servicio Meteorologico Nacional) the city's weather data for the years 1971 to 2000 are the following: the extreme temperatures are -10ºC the lowest (December 13, 1997) and 39.5ºC the highest (May 28, 1980). The temperature overall averaged 17.2ºC and the yearly precipitation 455.2 mm, with the wettest month recorded being August 1973 (277.2 mm) and the record rainfall for a single day is 108.5 mm on September 15, 1994.
References
Notes
1. PlanetWare
General References
★ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
★ Municipio de Durango Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
★ Gobierno Municipal de Durango Official website
★ - Messages, Photographs, About Local Towns (Spanish)
★ - Directorio Empresarial y Comercial de Durango (Spanish)
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