Durango , officially
Free and Sovereign State of Durango (
Tepehuan:
Korian) (
Nahuatl:
Tepehuahcan), is one of the 31 states which, with the
Federal District, compose the
32 Federal Entities of
Mexico. The state is located in
Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after
Baja California Sur. The city of
Victoria de Durango is the state's capital, named after the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.