Parras de la Fuente () is a city located in the southern part of the

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state of

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras Municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km² (3,579.8 sq mi). At the census of 2020, the population was 44,472. There are many factories that produce denim and Parras is also a source for Mexican wine. It was the first wine growing region in the

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History

The former Hacienda del Rosario is the place where Parras de la Fuente was founded in 1598, by Capitán Antón Martín de Zapata. The

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and President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero was born in 1873. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War, Parras was held by

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troops. Additionally,

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forces were defeated there in 1866 during the French intervention in Mexico. The oldest winery in the

is in Parras de la Fuente, and was founded by Lorenzo García on August 19, 1597. Casa Madero is home to the oldest winery.Jose Vasconcelos "Evaristo Madero: Biografia de un Patricio" (Impresiones Modernas, 1954); Rafael Heliodoro Valle, “The History of Wine in Mexico” American Journal of Enology and Viticulture Vol. 9, No. 3, (1958); Pablo Lacoste "La vid y el vino en América del Sur: El desplazamiento de los polos vitivinícolas (Siglos XVI Al XX)." Revista Universum Vol. 2, no. No. 19 (2004): 62-93.

Features

Parras de la Fuente is a '' Pueblo Mágico'', designated in 2004. Parras is called the

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of the

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of Coahuila state. It has bathing resorts (which were used to generate electric power for industry usage). The Municipality President's building, a historical attraction, is a replica of the State's Government Palace in Saltillo. The ''Hostal el Farol'' is the historic former house of General Raúl Madero. ''San Ignacio de Loyola'' church was built in the 17th century. ''Santo Madero'' church is located on an extinct volcano plug just north of the town.

Academic programs

* Parras Summer Program, in Spanish language and culture and appropriate technology; a program of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California

Notable people

*Senator

Francisco José Madero González Francisco José Madero González (October 16, 1930 – February 21, 2013) was a Mexican politician, accountant, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Madero served as the 54th Municipal President, or Mayor, of Torreón fr ...

, who was interim Governor of Coahuila from August 12, 1981, to November 30, 1981.

Sister city

* Grapevine, Texas, USA

References

Link to tables of population data from the Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Coahuila
''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''

External links

{{Authority control Populated places in Coahuila Pueblos Mágicos Populated places established in 1598 1598 establishments in New Spain