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Durango, Colorado. / 37.273267°N 107.871692°W / 37.273267; -107.871692. Durango is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States Census. [5] Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College .
Durango (city) / 24.02500°N 104.66750°W / 24.02500; -104.66750. Durango ( Spanish pronunciation: [duˈɾaŋɡo], Southeastern Tepehuan: Korian) is the capital and largest city of the northern Mexican state of Durango and the seat of the Durango municipality. It has a population of 616,068 [3] as of the 2020 census with 688,697 living ...
The U.S. State of Colorado has 273 active municipalities, comprising 198 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. [1] [2] The City and County of Denver, the state capital, [3] is the oldest municipality in Colorado. On December 3, 1859, the extralegal Territory of Jefferson granted a charter to the consolidated City ...
Aerial view of the Animas River coming out of Durango The Animas River between Cedar Hill, New Mexico, and the Colorado border. The Animas river is a major white water rafting attraction accounting for 8.9% of Colorado's commercial rafting market while annually generating 45,411 commercial user days and direct expenditures of $5,207,033 (2011 est).
Durango–La Plata County Airport (IATA: DRO, ICAO: KDRO, FAA LID: DRO) is a city- and county-owned public airport 12 miles southeast of Durango, in La Plata County, Colorado. [1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a non-hub ...
La Plata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,638. [1] The county seat is Durango. [2] The county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the silver" in Spanish . La Plata County comprises the Durango, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Designated NHL. July 4, 1961. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally-designated National Historic Landmark and was also ...
Purgatory. / 37.62972°N 107.81444°W / 37.62972; -107.81444. Purgatory Resort is a ski resort located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado, 25 miles (42 km) north of the town of Durango. Established in 1965, Purgatory offers 105 trails, including 5 terrain parks, over 1,500 skiable acres, and 12 lifts, including one six ...