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Juchipila
Juchipila (Nahuatl: ''Xochipillan'', "place of noble or beautiful flowers") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately southwest of the state capital Zacatecas City. Geography The municipality of Juchipila is located at an elevation between in the Sierra Madre Occidental in southwestern Zacatecas. The municipality spans the canyon of the Juchipila River, a tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago, which is flanked by the Sierra de Morones to the west and the Sierra de Nochistlán to the east. The municipality borders the municipalities of Apozol to the north, Nochistlán de Mejía to the east, Moyahua de Estrada to the south, Mezquital del Oro to the southwest, Teúl de González Ortega to the west, and Santa María de la Paz to the northwest. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.4% of the state's area. As of 2009, 15.8% of the land in Juchipila is used for agriculture. The remainder of the land cover consists of tropical dry for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacatecas
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Mezquital Del Oro
Mezquital del Oro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately southwest of Zacatecas City, the state capital. Geography The municipality of Mezquital del Oro lies at an elevation between in the Sierra Madre Occidental in southwestern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Trinidad García de la Cadena to the west, Teúl de González Ortega to the north, Juchipila to the northeast, and Moyahua de Estrada to the east. It also borders the Jaliscan municipalities of Ixtlahuacán del Río to the south and San Cristóbal de la Barranca to the southwest. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.6% of the state's area. As of 2009, 5.5% of the land in Mezquital del Oro is used for agriculture. The remainder of the land comprises tropical forest (53.6%), temperate forest (23.6), and grassland (17.2%). The municipality is situated in the drainage basin of the Juchipila River, a tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago. Much of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Remolino
El Remolino is a community that is located in the municipality of Juchipila in the state of Zacatecas in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... The population of "El Remolino" is 737 people and is 1220 meters above sea level. El Remolino as such was founded in the late eighteenth century, but there are indications that people inhabited the moment that this was founded. FENARE Employer's fair holy cross or Feria Nacional de El Remolino FENARE (National Fair of The Remolino NAFARE) takes place from mid-nineteenth century, in honor of the Holy Cross will be held on 3 May, this holiday began with processions and dances the third day of May, but over the years, things were being added like the peoples theater, amusement rides, among others, which has become one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Grande De Santiago
The Río Grande de Santiago, or Santiago River, is a river in western Mexico. It flows westwards from Lake Chapala via Ocotlán through the states of Jalisco and Nayarit to empty into the Pacific Ocean. It one of the longest rivers in Mexico, measuring up long. Geography The river begins at Lake Chapala via Ocotlán and continues roughly north-west through the Sierra Madre Occidental, receiving the Verde, Juchipila, Bolaños, Huaynamota, Mololoa, and other tributaries. The Río Grande de Santiago descends over 1700 meters between Lake Chapala and the sea. Downstream from Lake Chapala the river and its major tributaries have carved deep narrow canyons, or barrancas, which can be 600 meters lower than the surrounding plateau. The lower elevation and year-round moisture in the canyon bottoms sustain forests, which include many coastal tropical species not found on the plateaus. The Barranca de Oblatos or Barranca de Huentitán is a protected area popular with residents of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apozol Municipality
Apozol is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipalities of Jalpa, Juchipila, Nochistlán de Mejía, Tepechitlán and Teúl de González Ortega. The municipality covers a total surface area of and, in the year 2005 census, reported a population of 5,898 Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática . The municipality makes up for 0.68% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa María De La Paz
Santa María de la Paz is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately southwest of the state capital of Zacatecas City. Geography The municipality of Santa María de la Paz is located at an elevation between in the Sierra Madre Occidental in southwestern Zacatecas. It borders the municipalities of Tepechitlán to the north, Jalpa to the northeast, Apozol to the east, Juchipila to the southeast, Teúl de González Ortega to the south, and Benito Juárez to the west. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.4% of the state's area. As of 2009, 29.1% of the land in Santa María de la Paz is used for agriculture. The remainder of the land comprises forest (42.7%), grassland (27.7%), and grassland (0.4%). The municipality is situated in the drainage basin of the Río Grande de Santiago. Most of the municipality is drained by the Tlaltenango River, a tributary of the Bolaños River, while the eastern fifth of the municipality is drained by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juchipila River
The Juchipila River is a river of Mexico. It is a tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago. See also *List of rivers of Mexico This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses. Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico * Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico ** S ... References *Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg). *The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984. *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Rivers of Mexico Río Grande de Santiago Rivers of the Sierra Madre Occidental {{Mexico-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra De Morones
The Sierra de Morones is a mountain range in west-central Mexico. Geography The Sierra de Morones extends north and south through the state of Zacatecas. The Sierra, together with the Sierra Fría to the east and the Sierra los Huicholes to the west, forms the southern end of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The Juchipila River drains the eastern slopes of the Sierra, running southwards to empty into the Río Grande de Santiago. The Bolaños River, another tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago, drains the western slope of the Sierra. The Río Grande de Santiago bounds the range on the south and southeast. Flora and fauna The Sierra de Morones is covered with pine–oak forests above 800 meters elevation. Oaks are the predominant trees, with pines becoming more common at higher elevation. Tropical dry forest occurs below 800 meters elevation."Sierra de Morones''. Regiones Terrestres Prioritarias de México, CONABIO. Accessed 23 October 2021/ref> ''Pinus maximartinezii'' is a spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacatecas City
Zacatecas () is the principal city within the municipality in Mexico of the same name, and the capital and the largest city of the state of Zacatecas. Located in north-central Mexico, the city had its start as a Spanish mining camp in the mid-16th century. Native Americans had already known about the area's rich deposits of silver and other minerals. Due to the wealth that the mines provided, Zacatecas quickly became one of the most important mining cities in New Spain. The area saw battles during the turbulent 19th century, but the next major event was the Battle of Zacatecas during the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Villa captured the town, an event still celebrated every anniversary. Today, the colonial part of the city is a World Heritage Site, due to the Baroque and other structures built during its mining days. Mining still remains an important industry. The name Zacatecas is derived from the Zacateco people and has its roots in Nahuatl. The name means "people of the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyahua De Estrada
Moyahua de Estrada Zacatecas is one of the southern municipalities in Zacatecas State in theme border with the state of Jalisco . It has a population of around 3500 people. More than 2000 people from Moyahua live in the United States, most of them in California (Northern California). Moyahua is surrounded by Juchipila,Santa Rosa, Cuxpala,and Mezquital del Oro in Zacatecas and by Ixtlahuacán del Río and Cuquío in Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ... Municipalities. The town's church is centered on Apostol Santo Santiago, celebrating on July 24, 25, and 26. The 25th being the main day when about 10,000 people visit every year. It is also known for its distinct town square that is closed off with four main entry points, one of three in the entire country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caxcan
The Caxcan were a partly nomadic indigenous people of Mexico. Under their leader, Tenamaztle, the Caxcan were allied with the Zacatecos against the Spaniards during the Mixtón Rebellion in 1540-42. During the rebellion, they were described as "the heart and the center of the Indian Rebellion". After the rebellion, they were a constant target of the Zacatecos and Guachichiles due to their ceasefire agreement with the Spaniards. Their principal religious and population centers were at Teul, Tlaltenango, Juchipila, and Teocaltiche. Over time, the Caxcans lost their culture due to warfare, disease, and marriage to non-Caxcans. Also, most of the Caxcans were sent into slavery by the Spanish to work in silver mines. During the colonial period, many Spanish (and some Basque settlers) had intermarried, or had relations, with the Caxcans making many Caxcan descendants Mestizos. The allied tribes and Mestizos settled the Caxcan lands in Zacatecas and Jalisco. Their langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Quemada
La Quemada is an archeological site. It is located in the Villanueva Municipality, in the state of Zacatecas, about 56 km south of the city of Zacatecas on Fed 54 Zacatecas– Guadalajara, in Mexico. History Given the distance between La Quemada and the centre of Mesoamerica, this archeological zone has been subject of different interpretations on the part of historians and archeologists, who have attempted to associate it with different cultures. It has been proposed that this place could be either the legendary Chicomostoc, a Caxcan site, a Teotihuacán fortress, a Purépecha centre, a fort against Chichimeca intruders, a Toltec trading post, or simply consequence of independent development and a city of all the native groups established north of the Río Grande de Santiago. In 1615, Fray Juan de Torquemada identified La Quemada as one of the places visited by the Aztecs during their migration from the north to the Mexico central plateau, and where older people and ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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