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Durango- Mexico
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If you have ever seen a Western, then you probably know what the area surrounding Durango looks like. More than 110 movies have been filmed here, with Durango second only to Hollywood for number of productions.
Duke made at least 7 movies here
The Sons of Katie Elder.(1965)
The War Wagon.(1967)
The Undefeated.(1969)
Chisum.(1970)
Big Jake.(1971)
The Train Robbers.(1973)
Cahill: U.S. Marshal.(1973)
However, the amount of exposure the area has received gave rise to the misconception that all Mexico is barren and rocky. In reality, even Durango has forests, at the moment one of its lumber producers is a supplier to Ikea, as part of a sustainable logging scheme.
Once you get over the thrill of the poncho and sombrero in the film sets, then you will be able to appreciate the elegant colonial architecture, for example in the Plaza de Armas.
Durango shares its name with the Spanish town because the founder Don Francisco de Ibarra hailed from the Iberian town.
Durango is the name of both a state of Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state.
Durango (IPA pronunciation /du?ra?go/) is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its estimated population in 2003 was about 1,450,000 people. The city of Durango is the capital. The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range located in the western portion of the state. This mountain range contains a plentiful supply of mineral deposits, including the silver that encouraged Spanish occupation of the territory after it was discovered. These mines extend north into Chihuahua and south into the state of Zacatecas.
Culturally, Durango is famous for a type of musical style known as duranguense.
The major occupations in Durango are farming, lumbering and ranching. Vast desert basins in the Laguna District are irrigated by the Río Nazas. Major crops grown in the area include cotton, wheat, sugarcane, tobacco, corn, and other vegetables.
Francisco de Ibarra, the first to colonize Durango, settled this part of the vast northern province of Nueva Vizcaya in 1563, when he founded the capital city and named it Durango for his native town in Biscay, Spain; the foundation was just one in his larger program of initiating settlements through the province. This was a late colonization for the Spanish, mostly due to heavy resistance to Spanish occupation by the indigenous population living there, from first contact to modern times, in attempts to gain some autonomy, address grievances, or maintain traditional land ownership. Spanish colonists became highly attracted to the Durango area for its mining and grazing capabilities. In 1823, shortly after the Mexican revolutionary victory over Spain, Durango earned the right to be a separate state.
910911
912913
914915
Information from
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
edited and added to by ethanedwards
If you have ever seen a Western, then you probably know what the area surrounding Durango looks like. More than 110 movies have been filmed here, with Durango second only to Hollywood for number of productions.
Duke made at least 7 movies here
The Sons of Katie Elder.(1965)
The War Wagon.(1967)
The Undefeated.(1969)
Chisum.(1970)
Big Jake.(1971)
The Train Robbers.(1973)
Cahill: U.S. Marshal.(1973)
However, the amount of exposure the area has received gave rise to the misconception that all Mexico is barren and rocky. In reality, even Durango has forests, at the moment one of its lumber producers is a supplier to Ikea, as part of a sustainable logging scheme.
Once you get over the thrill of the poncho and sombrero in the film sets, then you will be able to appreciate the elegant colonial architecture, for example in the Plaza de Armas.
Durango shares its name with the Spanish town because the founder Don Francisco de Ibarra hailed from the Iberian town.
Durango is the name of both a state of Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state.
Durango (IPA pronunciation /du?ra?go/) is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its estimated population in 2003 was about 1,450,000 people. The city of Durango is the capital. The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range located in the western portion of the state. This mountain range contains a plentiful supply of mineral deposits, including the silver that encouraged Spanish occupation of the territory after it was discovered. These mines extend north into Chihuahua and south into the state of Zacatecas.
Culturally, Durango is famous for a type of musical style known as duranguense.
The major occupations in Durango are farming, lumbering and ranching. Vast desert basins in the Laguna District are irrigated by the Río Nazas. Major crops grown in the area include cotton, wheat, sugarcane, tobacco, corn, and other vegetables.
Francisco de Ibarra, the first to colonize Durango, settled this part of the vast northern province of Nueva Vizcaya in 1563, when he founded the capital city and named it Durango for his native town in Biscay, Spain; the foundation was just one in his larger program of initiating settlements through the province. This was a late colonization for the Spanish, mostly due to heavy resistance to Spanish occupation by the indigenous population living there, from first contact to modern times, in attempts to gain some autonomy, address grievances, or maintain traditional land ownership. Spanish colonists became highly attracted to the Durango area for its mining and grazing capabilities. In 1823, shortly after the Mexican revolutionary victory over Spain, Durango earned the right to be a separate state.