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Parras
Parras de la Fuente () is a city located in the southern part of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras (municipality), Parras Municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km2 (3,579.8 sq mi). At the census of 2020, the population was 44,472. There are many factories that produce denim and Parras is also a source for Mexican wine. It was the first wine growing region in the Americas. History The former Hacienda del Rosario is the place where Parras de la Fuente was founded in 1598, by Capitán Antón Martín de Zapata. The Mexican Revolution, revolutionary and President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero was born in 1873. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War, Parras was held by United States, American troops. Additionally, Second French Empire, French forces were defeated there in 1866 during the Second French intervention in Mexico, French intervention in Mexico. The oldes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
