Loreto is a town and municipality in the state of
Zacatecas
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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 States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The town is the seventh-largest community in the state, with a 2005 census population of 22,085 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a population of 43,411.
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática The municipality has an area of 427 km² (164.87 sq mi).
People celebrate Nuestra Señora de Loreto from 1 to 10 December. It is an agricultural region where people grow primarily lettuce, corn, chili and beans.
This town was founded in 1931 with the name Bimabaletes, and in 1956 its official name changed to Loreto.
It's is home to the well known regional band Los 5 de Zacatecas.
Since 2011, it has become a hideout place for the los Zetas
Los Zetas (, Spanish for "The Zs") is a Mexican criminal syndicate, regarded as one of the most dangerous of Mexico's drug cartels. They are known for engaging in brutally violent "shock and awe" tactics such as beheadings, torture, and indiscr ...
drug cartel.
Notable people from Loreto
* Jesús Aceves, known for having the rare condition hypertrichosis
Hypertrichosis is an abnormal amount of hair growth over the body. The two distinct types of hypertrichosis are generalized hypertrichosis, which occurs over the entire body, and localized hypertrichosis, which is restricted to a certain area. ...
References
External links
Zacatecas
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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Populated places in Zacatecas