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Durango, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Durango Durango d&oomacr;rängˈgō [key] or Victoria de Durango Victoria…

Durango, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Durango Durango d&oomacr;rängˈgō [key], state, 47,691 sq mi (123,520 sq km), N central Mexico. The…

Durango, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Durango Durango d&oobreve;răngˈgō [key], city (2020 pop. 19,071), seat of La Plata co., SW Colo.,…

Nazas

(Encyclopedia) NazasNazasnäˈsäs [key], river, c.180 mi (290 km) long, rising in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango state, N Mexico, and flowing generally east to disappear into the ground near…

Ibarra, Francisco de

(Encyclopedia) Ibarra, Francisco deIbarra, Francisco defränthēsˈkō ᵺā ēbäˈrä [key], 1539?–1575, Spanish conquistador in Mexico. In 1554, after founding Fresnillo, he headed an expedition to the N of…

Laguna District

(Encyclopedia) Laguna District [Span.,=lake], irrigated area in E Durango and W Coahuila states, N central Mexico. Originally a 900,000-acre (364,200-hectare) tract, consisting of large estates, the…

Chihuahua, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Chihuahua Chihuahua chēwäˈwä [key], state, 94,831 sq mi (245,612 sq km), N Mexico, on the border of…

2006-2007 Obie Awards

The 2006–2007 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 21, 2007, at New York University's Skirball…

Sonora

(Encyclopedia) SonoraSonorasōnōˈrä [key], state (1990 pop. 1,823,606), 70,484 sq mi (182,554 sq km), NW Mexico, on the Gulf of California, S of Arizona. Hermosillo is the capital. Sonora is mostly…