Galeana is a Mexican last name. Several municipalities in Mexico are named Galeana as a homage to

Hermenegildo Galeana Hermenegildo Galeana (13 April 1762 – 27 June 1814) was a hero of the Mexican War of Independence, one of six brothers who fought in the insurgency. Galeana was considered the right-hand man of secular priest and leader of independence, José M ...

, a hero of the War of Independence.

Places

Mexico

Galeana, Nuevo León Galeana is both a municipality and a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is named after Hermenegildo Galeana, a lieutenant involved in the country's movement towards independence. Galeana shares borders with the states of Coahuila, San Lui ...

, a municipality in the state of Nuevo León *

Galeana, Chihuahua Galeana is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United Stat ...

, a municipality in the state of Chihuahua **

Hermenegildo Galeana, Chihuahua Galeana is a town and seat of Galeana Municipality, in the northern Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. Th ...

, a town in Galeana municipality, Chihuahua * Tecpan de Galeana (municipality), a municipality in the state of Guerrero, 100 km westwards along the coast from Acapulco ** Tecpan de Galeana, the main city of the municipality of Tecpán de Galeana *

Hermenegildo Galeana, Puebla Hermenegildo Galeana is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the ...

, a municipality in the state of Puebla *

Tuzamapan de Galeana Tuzamapan de Galeana is a town and municipality in the state of Puebla in eastern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by ...

, a municipality in the state of Puebla

People

(1762–1814), hero of the Mexican War of Independence * Benita Galeana (1903–1995), Mexican writer and activist * Hortensia Galeana Sánchez (born 1955), Mexican mathematician *

Carlos Alberto Galeana Carlos Alberto Galeana Irra (born December 21, 1988, in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán) is a Mexican professional footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Celaya F.C. in the Ascenso MX, wearing jersey #3. Club career He made his debut ...

(born 1988), Mexican footballer

Other

* ''Galeana'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Galeana'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae * ARM ''Hermenegildo Galeana'', two ships of the Mexican Navy {{Disambig, genus, geo, surname