Everything about Durango Durango totally explained
» 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 . It has an
altitude of 1890 m.
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.
Climate
The capital of Durango has a
semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the
Koppen system, that's 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.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Durango Durango'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://durango__durango.totallyexplained.com">Durango, Durango Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
