Progreso (officially: Progreso de Obregón) is a community and one of the 84
municipalities of Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico divided into 84 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, Hidalgo is the 16th most populous state with inhabitants and the 26th largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Hidalgo are a ...
, in central-eastern
Mexico
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, located at 20°15′00″N 99°11′00″W. The municipality covers an area of .
Progreso de Obregón used to be part of the municipality of
Mixquiahuala de Juárez. It started as a small village next to the
Tula River
The Tula River () is a river in Hidalgo State in central Mexico, and a tributary of the Moctezuma River.
Geography
It runs through the city of Tula de Allende and begins as a drainage channel for the Valley of Mexico, which contains the metrop ...
called La Salitrera, but due to constant flooding, the villagers looked for higher ground and established a new village called La Venta in 1826. Thanks to its location (just in the middle of Valle del Mezquital), La Venta became an important economic center and the village grew. After a visit by president
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón Salido (; 19 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated b ...
the town changed its name to Progreso de Obregón.
On January 15, 1970, Progreso de Obregón emancipated from Mixquiahuala and became a municipality of its own.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,630.
References
Municipalities of Hidalgo (state)
Populated places in Hidalgo (state)
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