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

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. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding

Parras Municipality Parras is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Parras de la Fuente Parras de la Fuente () is a city located in the southern part of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state o ...

, 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

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. 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

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was born in 1873. In 1846, during the

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, Parras was held by

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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 ''

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'', designated in 2004. Parras is called 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

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. 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

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plug just north of the town.

Academic programs

* Parras Summer Program, in Spanish

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and culture and appropriate technology; a program of

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Notable people

*Senator

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, who was interim

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from August 12, 1981, to November 30, 1981.

Sister city

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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 Municipality seats in Coahuila