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Cerralvo, sometimes known as Ceralvo, is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the
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and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of
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, and Parás. It borders the municipality of
Agualeguas Agualeguas is both a city and a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January ...
to the north, the municipality of Higueras to the west, the municipality of Doctor González to the southwest, the municipality of Los Ramones to the south, and the municipalities of Los Herreras,
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to the east.Cerralvo
, ''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Accessed on line March 20, 2008.
The municipal seat of Cerralvo, Ciudad Cerralvo, is located at 26° 5' N, 99° 36' W, and is 345 meters above sea level.


History

In 1577, José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva founded the village of
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; in the same year, he also founded Santa Lucía, now called Monterrey, and discovered the mines of San Gregorio, located in what is now called Cerralvo. On May 31, 1579, Luis Carvajal signed an agreement with King Philip II of Spain to pacify the region and to establish the state of Nuevo León; the contract authorized him to do this in an area that did not exceed 200 leagues on a side. The first Spanish settlement in Nuevo León took place in 1582 in Cerralvo, which thus included the first capital of the state. In 1630, this settlement was renamed ''Villa de San Gregorio de Cerralvo'', after the fifteenth Viceroy of New Spain, Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo. The municipality was settled in order to exploit mineral resources, including lead, and to sell Indians to the Spanish. Cerralvo is home to the national park ''El Sabinal'', which, with an area of 8
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s, is the smallest national park in Mexico.


Timeline

* 1577— José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva discovers the mines of San Gregorio (Cerralvo). * 1582—First Spanish settlement in Nuevo León is founded in Cerralvo. * 1630—Settlement receives the name of Villa de San Gregorio de Cerralvo. * 1949— Gruma is founded as Molinos Azteca, SA, in Cerralvo.Historia
, Acerca de GRUMA, Gruma web site, accessed on line March 20, 2008.


See also

* Los Ángeles, Nuevo León


References


External links


Cerralvo
official government web site. {{Nuevo León Municipalities of Nuevo León