Durango, Mexico Photography - Fotografia
Photography by Bill Bell
Durango, formally Victoria de Durango, is the capital
and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango. It stands at an altitude of
1,890 metres (6,200 ft).[1]
The city was founded in 1563. In the Spanish colonial era it was the capital of
the Nueva Vizcaya province of New Spain, which included the present day 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 kmē (3,877 sq mi) and includes such outlying communities as El Nayar and
Cinco de Mayo.
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