Editing Lerdo, Durango

{{Short description|City in the Mexican state of Durango}}
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'''Ciudad Lerdo''' (Lerdo City) is a small city in the northeastern portion of the [[List of states of Mexico|Mexican state]] of [[Durango]]. It serves as the municipal seat for the [[Lerdo (municipality)|surrounding municipality of the same name]].

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,<ref name=SEDESOL>{{cite web|title=Lerdo|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=10&mun=012|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=[[Secretaría de Desarrollo Social]] (SEDESOL)|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> up from 71,373 people as of 2005. Lerdo Municipality had a population of 141,043.<ref name=SEDESOL/> The municipality has an area of {{convert|1868.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It is part of a greater [[metropolitan areas of Mexico|metropolitan area]] that includes [[Torreón Municipality]] and [[Matamoros Municipality, Coahuila|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==
*[[Nestor Mesta Chayres]], also known as "El [[Gitanos|Gitano]] de México" (1908–1971)—lyric opera [[tenor]] and [[bolero]] vocalist of international renown; referred to as "Mexico's Gypsy (Gitano)". 
*[[Pepe Jaramillo]] (1921–2001)—acclaimed pianist from the 1950s through the 1970s.

==Sister cities==
[[File:Vivero de lerdo.JPG|thumbnail|right|City nursery]]
Ciudad Lerdo has one [[town twinning|sister city]], as designated by [[Sister Cities International]]:
*[[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], United States

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517163355/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_durango Durango] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

==External links==
*[http://www.lerdo.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de Lerdo] Official website

{{Comarca Lagunera metropolitan area}}
{{Durango}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Durango]]
[[Category:Municipality seats in Durango]]