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Juárez (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 3)
Juárez refers to a number of places and things, most of which are named after Benito Juárez, former President of Mexico. Juárez or Juarez may refer to: Places Mexico *Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, a large city on the border with the United States * Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua * Colonia Juárez, Mexico City, a neighborhood or ''colonia'' * Juárez, Nuevo León, a city *Juárez, Chiapas, a small city and municipality *Juárez Municipality, Coahuila, a small town and municipality *Juárez, Hidalgo, a small town and municipality * Juárez Municipality, Michoacán, a municipality * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in the state of Baja California * Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, a mountain range in the state of Oaxaca United States *Juarez, Texas, a census-designated place Arts and entertainment * ''Juarez'' (film), a 1939 movie starring Paul Muni as Benito Juárez * ''Juarez'' (album), a 1975 album by Terry Allen * "Juarez" (song), from the 2014 album ''Hesitant Alien'' by Gerard Way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he was the first Indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous president of Mexico and the first indigenous head of state in the postcolonial Americas. Born in Oaxaca to a poor rural family and orphaned as a child, Juárez was looked after by his uncle and eventually moved to Oaxaca City at the age of 12, working as a domestic servant. Aided by a lay Franciscan, he enrolled in a seminary and studied law at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, Institute of Sciences and Arts, where he became active in liberal politics. After his appointment as a judge, he married Margarita Maza, a woman of European ancestry from a socially distinguished family in Oaxaca City, and rose to national prominence after the ouster of Antonio López d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
