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Lerdo, Durango

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Country
  
Mexico

Municipality
  
Lerdo

Population
  
79,669 (2010)

State
  
Durango

Website
  
Lerdo.gob.mx

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:06 PM

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Weather
  
29°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 15% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Parque Victoria, Museo Francisco Sarabia, Juan E Garcia

Ciudad Lerdo (Lerdo City) is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

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Map of Cd Lerdo, Durango, Mexico

It is located at co-ordinates 25.33° N, 103.31° W, bordering southeastern Coahuila. As of 2010, the city of Lerdo had a population of 79,669, up from 71,373 people as of 2005. Lerdo Municipality had a population of 141,043. The municipality has an area of 1,868.8 km² (721.5 sq mi). It is part of a greater metropolitan area that includes Torreón Municipality and Matamoros Municipality in Coahuila, as well as Gómez Palacio Municipality in Durango.

The city is lush with vegetation, but has an arid climate. Ciudad Lerdo is known for its parks, gardens, and ice cream made with fresh milk from local dairies.

Notable people

  • Dario Alvarado-Torres, U.S. Political Candidate in Oklahoma 2014–Present
  • Francisco Sarabia, first pilot who flew non-stop from Mexico City to New York in 1939.
  • Jesús López Luevanos, governor from 1940-1944, notable for uniting all three cities in the Laguna.
  • Pepe Jaramillo, renowned pianist of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

    • Sister cities

    Ciudad Lerdo has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:

  • Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

    • References

    Lerdo, Durango Wikipedia
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