Cerralvo, sometimes known as Ceralvo, is a
municipality
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situated in the
Mexican state
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of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the
Gulf Coastal Plain
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and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of
Agualeguas Agualeguas is both a city and a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January ...
,
General Treviño
General Treviño is a municipality in northern Mexico.
General Treviño originated from a ranch named “El Puntiagudo” that was given to Don Juan Baptista Chapa on 14 January 1688. Don Francisco Chapa made the foundation in 1705. Its erectio ...
,
Melchor Ocampo
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, and
Parás. It borders the municipality of
Agualeguas Agualeguas is both a city and a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January ...
to the north, the municipality of
Higueras
Higueras is a Spanish municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alto Palancia, in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community. In 2015, the population was 91.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as ''Torre de la Higuera''.
...
to the west, the municipality of
Doctor González
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to the southwest, the municipality of
Los Ramones
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Location
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to the south, and the municipalities of
Los Herreras,
Melchor Ocampo
Melchor Ocampo (5 January 1814 – 3 June 1861) was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and politician. A mestizo and a radical liberal, he was fiercely anticlerical, perhaps an atheist, and his early writings against the Catholic Church in Mexico gain ...
, and
General Treviño
General Treviño is a municipality in northern Mexico.
General Treviño originated from a ranch named “El Puntiagudo” that was given to Don Juan Baptista Chapa on 14 January 1688. Don Francisco Chapa made the foundation in 1705. Its erectio ...
to the east.
[Cerralvo]
, ''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México''. Accessed on line March 20, 2008.
The municipal seat of Cerralvo, Ciudad Cerralvo, is located at 26° 5' N, 99° 36' W, and is 345 meters above sea level.
History
In 1577,
José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva
Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) ( – 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave trader, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico ...
founded the village of
Saltillo
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; in the same year, he also founded Santa Lucía, now called
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
, and discovered the mines of San Gregorio, located in what is now called Cerralvo. On May 31, 1579, Luis Carvajal signed an agreement with
King Philip II of Spain to pacify the region and to establish the state of
Nuevo León
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; the contract authorized him to do this in an area that did not exceed 200 leagues on a side.
The first Spanish settlement in Nuevo León took place in 1582 in Cerralvo, which thus included the first capital of the state. In 1630, this settlement was renamed ''Villa de San Gregorio de Cerralvo'', after the fifteenth Viceroy of
New Spain
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,
Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
Don Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo, 3rd Marquess of Cerralvo ( es, Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, tercer Marqués de Cerralvo) (c. 1565, Spain – June, 1652, Madrid) was a Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy of New Spai ...
.
The municipality was settled in order to exploit mineral resources, including lead, and to sell Indians to the Spanish.
Cerralvo is home to the national park ''El Sabinal'', which, with an area of 8
hectare
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s, is the smallest national park in Mexico.
Timeline
* 1577—
José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva
Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) ( – 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave trader, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico ...
discovers the mines of San Gregorio (Cerralvo).
* 1582—First Spanish settlement in Nuevo León is founded in Cerralvo.
* 1630—Settlement receives the name of Villa de San Gregorio de Cerralvo.
* 1949—
Gruma
Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Gruma, is a Mexican multinational corn flour (masa) and tortilla manufacturing company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the largest corn flour and tortilla manufacturer in t ...
is founded as Molinos Azteca, SA, in Cerralvo.
Historia
, Acerca de GRUMA, Gruma web site, accessed on line March 20, 2008.
See also
* Los Ángeles, Nuevo León
References
External links
Cerralvo
official government web site.
{{Nuevo León
Municipalities of Nuevo León