Lampazos de Naranjo is a

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and

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located in

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. Its name is composed of two parts: the first honors the local plant ''

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robustum'', called ''lampazos'' in Spanish; the second, ''de Naranjo'', means "of General Naranjo" (a customary feature in Latin American names). According to the Mexican Statistics Authority 2000 Census, the municipality had 5,305 inhabitants.

Geography

Lampazos de Naranjo is located in the northwestern region of Nuevo León in the coordinates 27º01´N latitude and 100º31´W longitude. Lampazos has an elevation of 335m above sea level. The municipality covers a 4,020 km² area. The Lampazos mountain range crosses the municipality from north to south. The Carrizal hills and the Mesa de Catujanes are located within Lampazos. Its main river contains large amounts of salt.

History

Lampazos was founded November 12, 1698 by Fray Diego de Salazar under the name of “San Antonio de la Nueva Tlaxcala y misión de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de la Punta de Lampazos” until 1877, its name was changed to Villa de Lampazos. Today, it is known as “Lampazos de Naranjo” in honor to a hero of the French intervention and the Reformation, general Francisco Naranjo. In 1935, Its territorial extension was reduced because the municipality of Anáhuac was created. On December 28, 1977 Lampazos grew and was classified as a city. Owing to the great number of historical people, the municipality is known as “the land of illustrious men”. Among them: General Francisco Naranjo de la Garza (1839–1908), General Santiago Vidaurri Valdes, General Juan Zuazua Esparza, Captain Juan Ignacio Ramon, General

Pablo González Garza Pablo González Garza (May 5, 1879 in Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León – March 4, 1950 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) was a Mexican General during the Mexican Revolution.Rutas de la Revolucion (Routes of Revolution), Ruta de Pablo Gonzále ...

, General Heliodoro T. Perez Trevino, Nemesio Garcia Naranjo, General Antonio I. Villareal, among others. In 1870, Lampazos suffered what may have been the last of many

Comanche The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...

raids into northern Mexico. The Comanche reportedly killed 30 persons in the municipality.Adams, David B., "Borderland Northern Nuevo Leon and the Indios Barbaros, 1686-1870" ''The Southwestern Historical Quarterly'', Vol 95, No. 2 (October 1991), p 220

Economy

The main economic activity in the municipality is

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and

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cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult mal ...

, and

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

s. The building of the mission of Our Lady of Dolores at the moment lodges the Lampazos Museum. On June 24 there is a celebration in the city called San Juan Bautista and on May 29, there is a fair known as La Feria del Cabrito (Goat Fair). Lampazos also has a spring called Ojo de Agua (Eye of Water) that filters the water that seeps from the surrounding mountains and hills. The Ojo de Agua is surrounded by gigantic

Montezuma Cypress ''Taxodium mucronatum'', commonly known as Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, is a species of ''Taxodium'' that is primarily native to Mexico and Guatemala, with a few populations in the southwestern United States. Ahuehuet ...

trees and there are grill pits so the tourists can enjoy the landscape while cooking out.

Sister Cities

Laredo, Texas Laredo ( ; ) is a city in and the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags (the flag of t ...

References

State of Nuevo Leon; Lampazos de Naranjo
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Lampazos de Naranjo Official Page
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