Ciudad Lerdo is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango

Durango

Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise 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...

. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name

Lerdo (municipality)

Lerdo is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ciudad Lerdo. The municipality covers an area of 1868.8 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 129,191....

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It is located at co-ordinates 25.33° N, 103.31° W, bordering southeastern Coahuila

Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...

. Per the 2005 census, Ciudad Lerdo had a population of 71,373 people and the Lerdo Municipality had a population of 129,191 people. The municipality has an area of 1,868.8 km² (721.5 sq mi). It is part of a greater metropolitan area

Metropolitan areas of Mexico

Metropolitan areas in Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city...

 that includes the municipalities of Torreón

Torreón

Torreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...

 and Matamoros

Matamoros, Coahuila

Matamoros is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico...

 in Coahuila, as well as Gómez Palacio

Gómez Palacio

Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, located at 25°33′40″N 103°29′54"W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila...

 in Durango.

The city is lush with vegetation, but has an arid climate. Ciudad Lerdo is known for its parks, gardens, and ice cream

Ice cream

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 made with fresh milk from local dairies.

Sister cities

Ciudad Lerdo has one sister city

Town twinning

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, as designated by Sister Cities International

Sister Cities International

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: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....

, USA

Notable people

• Francisco Sarabia, First pilot who flew non-stop from Mexico City to New York in 1939.
• Jesús López Luevanos, governor from 1940-1944, notable for uniting all three cities in the Laguna. Also responsible for creating jobs, and bringing industry to the area in the mid 1940s.

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Lerdo Official website