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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DURANGO , sometimes called See also:

CIUDAD DE See also:VICTORIA, a See also:city of See also:Mexico, See also:capital of the See also:state of Durango, 574 M. N.W. of the federal capital, in See also:lat. 24° 25' N., See also:long. See also:roe 55' W. Pop. (1900) 31,092. Durango is served by the Mexican See also:International railway. The city stands in the picturesque See also:Guadiana valley formed by easterly spurs of the Sierra Madre, about 685o ft. above the See also:sea. It has a mild, healthy See also:climate, and is surrounded by a See also:district of considerable fertility. Durango is an important See also:mining and commercial centre, and was for a See also:time one of the most influential towns of See also:northern Mexico. It is the seat of a See also:bishop, and has a handsome See also:cathedral, ten See also:parish churches, a See also:national See also:institute See also:DURANTE or See also:college, an episcopal See also:seminary, See also:government buildings, a public library, See also:hospital, See also:penitentiary and See also:bull-See also:ring. The city is provided with See also:urban and suburban tramways, electric See also:light, See also:telephone service and an abundant See also:water-See also:supply, and there are thermal springs in its vicinity. Its manufacturing establishments include reduction See also:works, See also:cotton and woollen See also:mills, See also:glass works, See also:iron foundries, tanneries, See also:flour mills, See also:sugar refineries and See also:tobacco factories.

Durango was founded in 1563 by Alonso See also:

Pacheco under the direction of See also:Governor Francisco de See also:Ibarra, who named it after a city of his native See also:province in See also:Spain. It was known, however, as Guadiana for a See also:century thereafter, and its first bishops were given that See also:title. It was the capital of Ibarra's new province of Nueva Viscaya, which included Durango and See also:Chihuahua, and continued as such down to their separation in 1823.

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