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California Odha Zertuche Díaz
California Odha Zertuche Díaz (1923–1991) was a Mexican civil engineer and is credited as the primary developer of the drinking water and sewerage system in Ensenada, Mexico. Biography Zertuche Díaz was born in 1923 and died in 1991 in the port city of Ensenada, Baja California, Ensenada, in the Mexican state of Baja California on the Pacific coast, about 110 km (65 miles) south of the country's border with the United States. She is cited as the first woman to graduate from the School of Engineering, UNAM, UNAM School of Engineering, in 1954, with a thesis titled ''Project of sewerage of the Ensenada population''. She was the 12th woman to earn a civil engineering degree in the country and "probably the first engineer in Ensenada." She was a founding teacher at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), created in 1957, and its School of Marine Sciences, founded in 1960. Zertuche Díaz worked in the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources where she became the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensenada, Baja California
Ensenada is a city in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Located on the Bahía de Todos Santos, the city had a population of 279,765 in 2018, making it the third-largest city in Baja California. The city is an important international trade center and home to the Port of Ensenada, the second-busiest port in Mexico. Ensenada is a major tourist destination, owing to its warm Mediterranean climate and proximity to the Pacific Ocean, and is commonly known as ''La Cenicienta del Pacífico'' ("The Cinderella of the Pacific"). Ensenada was founded in 1882, when the small community of Rancho Ensenada de Todos Santos was made the regional capital for the northern partition of the Baja California Territory. The city grew significantly with the proliferation of mines in the surrounding mountains. While the Mexican Revolution curtailed much of Ensenada's expansion, the onset of Prohibition in the United States transformed the city into a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
