Durongo (State) — Wikipedia
For homonymous articles, see Durango.
The Durango is a state of Mexico located northwest of the center of the country. Surrounded by the states of Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Nayarit, Jalisco and Sinaloa, the state of the Durango occupies an area of 119,648 km 2 .
Durango is made up of 39 municipalities. Its capital is Durango which also bears the name of Durango in tribute to the first is President of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria who was from the city.
The state of Durango was created in And before that date, part of New Biscay. During the expedition of Mexico, Durango was occupied by the French forces and in particular the 7 It is Line infantry regiment, in which Jean-Marie Demutignet served. The French will leave the city on . Pancho Villa and Naquit in 1877.
Origin of the name [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The state and its capital took the name of the homonymous city located in the Spanish province of Biscay.
About the meaning of the name, Gutierre Tibon, Italian-Mexican writer, considers that it means “high fertile valley” or “wet extent”. Durango can also be translated by “Fern”, “place of ferns”, as it appears in the etymology book of the Basque names of Isaac López Mendizabal. Finally, another version, in the Encyclopedia of Mexico, says that Durango means “beyond water”.
| Evolution of the population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1895 [ 2 ] | 296 979 | – |
| 1900 | 370 307 | +24.7% |
| 1910 | 483 175 | +30.5% |
| 1921 | 336 766 | −30.3% |
| 1930 | 404 364 | +20.1% |
| 1940 | 483 829 | +19.7% |
| 1950 | 629 874 | +30.2% |
| 1960 | 760 836 | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 939 208 | +23.4% |
| 1980 | 1 182 320 | +25.9% |
| 1990 | 1 349 378 | +14.1% |
| 1995 | 1 431 748 | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1 448 661 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1 509 117 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1 632 934 | +8.2% |
| 2015 [ 3 ] | 1 754 754 | +7.5% |
According to the 2015 census, Durango, with 1,754,754 inhabitants, occupies the 24 It is position of the 32 federal entities of the country.
86% of the population is Catholic [ 4 ] .
Despite the low demographic density with only 12 inhabitants per km2, 60% of the population is concentrated in only three of the 39 municipalities: Durango, Gómez Palacio and Lerdo. The rest lives in small localities: 6,258 communities are in the state, 82% of which have less than 100 inhabitants.
About 67% of the population lives in urban areas, below the national average of 76%.
Ethnic groups [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Native [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Of the 65 ethnic groups that exist in Mexico, five ethnic groups reside in the territory of Durango: Tepehuanes or O’Dam, Mexicaneros or Nahuatl, Huichol, Cora and Tarahumara or Rarámuris.
At least 2% of the population over 5 years old speaks an indigenous language, 80% of which belonged to the Tepehuan ethnic group, native of the state. Other smaller indigenous groups include Huichol and Mexicanos, the last of unknown descendants and which speak a variety of Nahuatl.
Currently, the indigenous population in the state of Durango is around 29,000 people, the majority group is Tepehuane followed by Huichol with less than 10%, Cora, Mexicanero Nahuatl and Tarahumara.
Mennonites [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Mennonites are an important ethnic group residing in the state for almost a century after their arrival in Mexico from Canada. About 20,000 German-language mennonites reside in isolated communities in the semi-arid region of the State, especially in the municipality of Nuevo Ideal.
Durango Terre du Cinéma [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Many films have been shot in Durango since the 1950s. They enjoy a film set, natural sets and outdoor colors deemed very good.
Among the approximately 250 national and international films, we can cite:
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Cultural events and festivals [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The two major annual events are the Durango Féria, which starts shortly before the anniversary of the capital of the Victoria de Durango state (the ), as well as the Revueltas festival, in October, the latter being led by the ICED, the cultural institute of the Durango State.
Gómez Palacio, Lerdo and Torreón (the latter is in the state of Coahuila) form an agglomeration, the Laguna, and an important industrial pole. Shares in the contributions in the GDP of the State [ 7 ] :
- Services for people: 23.9%
- Small shops, hotels and catering: 18%
- industries : 17,6 %
- agriculture : 13,1 %
- Financial services: 11.9%
- transport et communication : 8,5 %
- Minerals: 3.6%
- construction : 2,5 %
- electricity, gas, water: 1.8%
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- Guadalupe Victoria, first president of Mexico
- Pancho Villa, revolutionary of the Mexican Revolution
- Domingo Arieta León, revolutionary of the Mexican Revolution
- Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop Pima from Mexico
- Francisco Zarco, journalist
- Dolores del Río, Actrice
- Silvestre Revueltas, Musicien
- Ricardo Castro, Musicien
- Juan Bautista Ceballos, acting president of Mexico
- Ramón Novarro, Acteur
- Francisco González de la Vega, jurist
- José Revueltas, writer
- Fanny Anitúa, opera singer
- Andrea Palma, Actrici
- Carlos Graef Fernández, physicist and mathematician
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