DURANGO

a city of Colorado, in La Plata co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Southern railroads, and on the Las Animas River. It is the chief commercial center of southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. It is in an important mining region and has smelting and reduction works, as well as flour mills and packing plants. Pop. about 5,000..W. Mexico; mountainous; climate dry and healthy: soil very fertile; few streams; chief minerals, gold and silver: wheat, ‘tobacco, fruits. Area, 38,009, sq. miles. Pop. 438,000. The capital, Durango, has a cathedral; cotton and woolen factories. Pop. 35, 000.