Durango, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango / Free and Sovereign State of Durango

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Durango has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May, 2005. Coat of arms from: Banco de México See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags

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  Quoted by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán October 9, 2001

• Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango / Free and Sovereign State of Durango
• Short-form names: Estado de Durango / State of Durango; Durango.
• Location:A land-locked state in North-West of Mexico surrounded by the States of Chihuahua and Coahuila de Zaragoza (N), Zacatecas (E, SE) Nayarit (SW), and Sinaloa (W).
• Area: 123, 181 km²
• Municipalities: 39
• Population: 1'448,661 inhabitants
• Capital: Victoria de Durango (Pop.: 491,436 -2000-)
• Statehood: May 22, 1824.
• Arms adopted: Unknown date.

INEGI, SEP and Banco de México
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

by Government of Durango
Posted by: Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May, 2005.

Decreto No. 67

La honorable quincuagésima octava legislatura del Estado libre y soberano de Durango, a nombre del Pueblo, decreta:

Artículo Primero.- Se declara que el ESCUDO DE ARMAS DE LA CIUDAD DE DURANGO será en los sucesivo, el ESCUDO OFICIAL DEL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE DURANGO.

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