Estación Torres is a small town in the

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state of

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. At the turn of the twentieth century, Estación Torres and nearby Minas Prietas formed the "greatest mining camp in northwest

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." The town developed rapidly due to foreign investment and its location along the Sonoran

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, but it soon declined in the early twentieth century. In 2005, the population of the town was 178.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)

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