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Durango, officially Free and Sovereign State of Durango , is a Mexican state. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, Durango 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.HistoryPre-colonizationDurango, along with the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinaloa, formed the historical and geographical center of Northern Mexico, for what was the majority of the last millennium. When the territories were reorganized after the independence struggle, they emerged as independent entities. This broad area represents the natural corridor that the Sierra Madre Occidental offered to the Toltec and Nahuatlaca tribes, who took advantage of the large accidental stone conformations to survive in the wilderness. The new formations formed as the only security for the tribes that moved among Northern Mexico and the Valley of Anahuac, eventually becoming a home-state for these tribes who then began to form small communities, united by language and region. The Tepehuános, Huichol, Cora, Tarahumara were distinct nations, each intending to amidst a strong family structure. They avoided the bellicose attitude of the Chichimec tribe of the center of the then-current Republic. Settled life began in Durango around 500 B.C. in response to population growth. The exceptions were the Acaxee, Humas and Xiximes who were constantly at war, but always on the lookout for final settlements in the region of the Quebradas.