Durango, Durango

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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 or Victoria de Durango is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango, located at 24°01′N, 104°40′W. 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, 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 km² (3,877 sq mi) and includes such outlying communities as El Nayar and Cinco de Mayo.

Contents 1 Climate 2 References 3 External links 4 Museums

[edit] Climate

The capital of Durango has a semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the Koppen system, that is a steppe climate with an average annual temperature of less than 18°C (64.4°F). The city's weather data for the years 1971 to 2000 are the following: the extreme temperatures are -14°C the lowest (December 13, 1997) and 39.5°C the highest (May 28, 1980). The temperature overall averaged 17.2°C 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.^[2]

Climate chart for Durango
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
15   20 2	5   22 3	1   25 6	4   28 8	14   31 11	64   31 14	119   28 14	111   28 14	74   27 13	27   26 10	11   23 6	10   21 3
temperatures in °C • precipitation totals in mm source: [1]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.6   68 36     0.2   72 37     0   77 43     0.2   82 46     0.6   88 52     2.5   88 57     4.7   82 57     4.4   82 57     2.9   81 55     1.1   79 50     0.4   73 43     0.4   70 37 temperatures in °F • precipitation totals in inches

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Durango, Durango is at coordinates 24°01′58″N 104°39′13″W / 24.0327, -104.6537 (Durango, Durango)Coordinates: 24°01′58″N 104°39′13″W / 24.0327, -104.6537 (Durango, Durango)
• Gobierno Municipal de Durango Official website
• - Messages, Photographs, About Local Towns (Spanish)
• - Directorio Empresarial y Comercial de Durango (Spanish)

[edit] Museums

Museo Regional del estado (también conocido como "Museo del Aguacate")	Museo Temático del Cine	Museo de Arqueología	Museo de Arte Moderno
Museo del Libro (en la biblioteca pública)	Centro Cultural de Durango: Museo del Cine Rafael Trujillo, Museo de la Revolución, Victoria de Durango Arriba Juarez!!! Pinacoteca del estado de Durango y Museo de la Fotografía

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