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Mexican Federal Highway 14
Federal Highway 14 ( es, Carretera Federal 14, Fed. 14) is a free part of the federal highways corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico. Fed. 14 in Sonora runs from Fed. 15 north of Hermosillo east to Huásabas. Fed. 17 intersects with Fed. 14 in Moctezuma, Sonora. The total length of the highway is 212.5 km (132.04 mi). Fed. 14 in Michoacán runs from Fed. 37 in Uruapan to Morelia. The highway passes through the towns of San Andrés Coru, Santiago Tingambato, Huiramangaro and Pátzcuaro Pátzcuaro () is a city and municipality located in the state of Michoacán. The town was founded sometime in the 1320s, at first becoming the capital of the Purépecha Empire and later its ceremonial center. After the Spanish took over, Vasco de .... The total length of the highway is 113.3 km (70.4 mi). References 014 {{Mexico-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of Communications And Transportation (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (''Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes'', SICT) of Mexico is the national federal entity that regulates commercial road traffic and broadcasting. Its headquarters are in the Torre Libertad on Reforma in Mexico City but some aspects of the department still function at the old headquarters located at the intersection of Eje Central and Eje 4 Sur (Xola). The building is decorated with murals created by arranging small colored stones on the building's outer walls. Historical nomenclature The forerunner of the modern-day SCT was created in 1891 under President of Mexico, President Porfirio Díaz and was known as the Secretariat of Communications ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones)''; its first incumbent as secretary was Manuel González Cosío. In 1920 it was renamed to the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas;'' "SCOP"). In 1959, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moctezuma, Sonora
Moctezuma is a ''municipio'' (municipality) of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the state's central region. It is also the name of its largest settlement and ''cabecera municipal'' (municipal seat). Area and population The municipal area is 1,763.39 km2, with a population of 4,187 registered in 2000The municipal seat had a population of 3,798 in 2000. It is located at an elevation of 677 meters. Neighboring municipalities Neighboring municipalities are Cumpas in the north, Huásabas, Granados and Divisaderos in the east, Tepache, San Pedro de la Cueva Villa Pesqueira, and Baviácora in the west. Road connections Moctezuma is 140 kilometers on Federal Highway 14 from Hermosillo passing through Ures, and Mazocahui. From Agua Prieta on Federal Highway 17 the distance is 204 km passing through Fronteras, Esqueda, and Nacozari. See maps ao History When the Spanish arrived the land was occupied by the Opata Indians. The settlement is believed to have be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo Municipality, Hermosillo municipality, the state's capital and largest city, as well as the primary economic center for the state and the region. As of 2020, the city has a population of 936,263, making it the 18th largest city in Mexico.INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. The recent increase in the city's population is due to expanded industrialization, especially within the automotive industry. Hermosillo was ranked as one of the five best cities to live in, in Mexico, as published in the study "The Most Livable Cities of Mexico 2013" by the Strategic Communications Cabinet of the Mexican Federal Government. Hermosillo was also ranked in 2016 as the seventh most competitive city in the country according to the Mexican Institute for Competitivenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and largest city of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the Purépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the valley during this time. The Spanish took control of the area in the 1520s. The Spanish under Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza founded a settlement here in 1541 with the name of Valladolid, which became rival to the nearby city of Pátzcuaro for dominance in Michoacán. In 1580, this rivalry ended in Valladolid's favor and it became the capital of the viceregal province. After the Mexican War of Independence, the city was renamed Morelia in honor of José María Morelos, who hailed from the city. In 1991, the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved historical buildings and layo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruapan
Uruapan is the second largest city in the Mexico, Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at the western edge of the Tarascan Plateau, Purépecha highlands, just to the east of the Tierra Caliente (Mexico), Tierra Caliente region. Since the colonial period, it has been an important city economically due its location. The city was conquered by the Spanish in 1522, when the last Purépecha ruler fled the Pátzcuaro area to here. The modern city was laid out in 1534 by Friar Juan de San Miguel. It played an important role in the Mexican War of Independence, War of Independence, and was the capital of Michoacán during the Second French intervention in Mexico, French Intervention. Today it is the center of Mexico's avocado growing region, with most of the crop distributed from here nationally and internationally. The city With a population of over 356,700, the city is the second most populous and the second in economic importance in the state of Michoacán. The city is located at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 municipalities; the capital (and largest) city of which being Hermosillo, located in the center of the state. Other large cities include Ciudad Obregón, Nogales, Sonora, Nogales (on the Mexico–United States border, Mexico-United States border), San Luis Río Colorado, and Navojoa. Sonora is bordered by the states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua to the east, Baja California to the northwest and Sinaloa to the south. To the north, it shares the Mexico–United States border, U.S.–Mexico border primarily with the state of Arizona with a small length with New Mexico, and on the west has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of California. Sonora's natural geography is divided into three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Federal Highway 15
Federal Highway 15 ( es, Carretera Federal 15, Fed. 15 ) is Mexico 15 International Highway or Mexico- Nogales Highway, is a primary north-south highway, and is a free part of the federal highways corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico. The highway begins in the north at the Mexico–United States border at the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, and terminates to the south in Mexico City. Fed. 15 from Nogales to Mazatlán runs parallel to Fed. 15D, a tolled (cuota) part of the federal highways corridors (los corredores carreteros federales); the portion of this northern stretch from the town of Eldorado southward within the Sinaloa is a limited-access highway."Rand McNally Road Atlas", Rand McNally & Company, 1998, p. 120 North of the U.S.-Mexico border, the highway continues to the north from the Port of Entry, as I-19 Business. The highway is the southern terminus of the CANAMEX Corridor, a trade corridor that stretches from Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huásabas
Huásabas is the municipal seat of Huásabas Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 711.17 km² (274.58 mi²) with a population of 966 registered in 2000. Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal seat. Huásabas is connected to Moctezuma by a paved road; the distance being 47 km. The state capital, Hermosillo, lies at a distance of 215 km. It was founded in 1645 by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río, with the name of "San Francisco de Huásaca". The land was occupied at the time by the Ópata Indians. In the Ópata language, Huásaca has two meanings: place of grassy lands or place of lands full of trash carried by the river.E-Local - Sonora The land is mountainous and the main settlement lies at an elevation of 850 meters (2,790 ft). The ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Federal Highway 17
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Federal Highway 17 ( es, Carretera Federal 17, Fed. 17 ) is a free part of the federal highways corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico. The route runs from the Mexico – United States border at Agua Prieta, Sonora south to Moctezuma. The northern terminus of Fed. 17 transitions north into the United States at Douglas, Arizona as U.S. Route 191. The total length of the highway is about 169 km (105 mi). References 017 Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretaría De Comunicaciones Y Transportes
The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (''Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes'', SICT) of Mexico is the national federal entity that regulates commercial road traffic and broadcasting. Its headquarters are in the Torre Libertad on Reforma in Mexico City but some aspects of the department still function at the old headquarters located at the intersection of Eje Central and Eje 4 Sur (Xola). The building is decorated with murals created by arranging small colored stones on the building's outer walls. Historical nomenclature The forerunner of the modern-day SCT was created in 1891 under President Porfirio Díaz and was known as the Secretariat of Communications ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones)''; its first incumbent as secretary was Manuel González Cosío. In 1920 it was renamed to the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas;'' "SCOP"). In 1959, it changed names to '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid). The city was named after José María Morelos, a native of the city and one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl: ''Michhuahcān'' from ''michhuah'' ("possessor of fish") and -''cān'' (place of) and means "place of the fishermen" referring to those who fish on La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Federal Highway 37
Federal Highway 37 ( es, Carretera Federal 37, Fed. 37) is a free part of the federal highways corridors ( es, los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico. The highway runs from Villa de Zaragoza, San Luis Potosí at its northern point to Playa Azul, Michoacán, located near the Pacific Ocean, at its southern point, near the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. It crosses Fed. 14 at Uruapan, Michoacán, and Mexican Federal Highway 200 at La Mira, Michoacan. Fed. 37 runs in two separate improved segments: the first segment runs from Villa de Zaragoza to San Felipe, Guanajuato. The second segment runs from Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato to Playa Azul at Fed. 200. The two segments are connected via GTO 77 and Fed. 84- JAL 80. The highway is partly paralleled by Mexican Federal Highway 37D Federal Highway 37D is a Mexican toll highway in Michoacán and Guerrero. It connects Highway 14D at Uruapan Uruapan is the second largest city in the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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