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Higueras, Nuevo León
Higueras is a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico. It has an area of 600.2 square kilometers. It is bordered on the north by Sabinas Hidalgo and Salinas Victoria, on the south by Doctor González y Marín, to the east by Agualeguas and Cerralvo Municipality, Cerralvo, and to the west by General Zuazua and Cienega de Flores. As of 2006 the mayor is Ignacio de Jesús Gonzalez Gonzale History In 1709, Luis Monterde y Antillón acquired the land for raising cattle. In 1714 the area was purchased by captain Diego de González. Thenceforth the area was known as Hacienda de Santa Teresa de las Higueras. Diego de González died in 1728 and years his son-in-law, captain José Salvador Lozano, married Doña María Teresa González, and went on to construct the first chapel. The construction of a church was completed in 1854. On February 18, 1865, the number of inhabitants reached 1000, and the title of town (''villa'') was consequently granted by the then-governor of Nuevo León, Santi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higueras (Nuevo León)
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''. Geography The municipality, part of the judicial district of Segorbe, borders with Caudiel, Montán, Pavías and Torralba del Pinar Torralba del Pinar is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alto Mijares, Castellón, Valencia, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featurin .... The town has an elevation of . Demographics Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:bar value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:20 top:20 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:400 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuevo León
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, and has an extremely narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas. Covering 64,156 square kilometers (24,771 square miles) and with a population of 5.78 million people, Nuevo León is the thirteenth-largest Political divisions of mexico, federal entity by List of Mexican states by area, area and the seventh-most List of Mexican states by population, populous as of 2020. Monterrey, the state's capital, is the most populous city in Nuevo León and the List of cities in Mexico, ninth-largest in Mexico. Monterrey is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area, the Metropolitan areas of Mexico#List of metropolitan areas in Mexico by population, second-largest metropolitan area in the country with an estimated population of 5.3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabinas Hidalgo
Sabinas Hidalgo is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Geography Sabinas Hidalgo is located in the northern part of the state at north latitude 26º31' and west longitude 100º10', lying 313 meters above sea level. It shares a border to the north by Lampazos; to the south by Salinas Victoria and Higueras; to the east by Vallecillo and Agualeguas; and to the west by Lampazos, Villaldama, and Salinas Victoria. History The town was officially founded as Real de Santiago de las Sabinas on July 25, 1693 by General Ignacio de Maya. It had been inhabited since 1692. It was named Villa de Sabinas Hidalgo in honor of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. In 1971, it was designated a city. The cuisine of the city has reached as far as Chicago.Stephanie LulayAfter Fire, Nuevo Leon Owners Open Canton Regio on 18th Street in Pilsen '' DNAinfo'', January 12, 2016 Tourism Park "La Turbina" Park "Ojo de Agua" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salinas Victoria
Salinas Victoria, is a municipality and town located in the center of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higueras, Ciénega de Flores and General Zuazua; and finally to the west with Mina, Hidalgo, Abasolo and El Carmen. Salinas Victoria is the northernmost and, with an extension of 1,667 square kilometers, the largest municipality of the Monterrey metropolitan area. According to the 2005 census, it had a population of 27,848. Origin of the name "Salinas" (Spanish for salt marshes) was chosen because the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" after the first Mexican president Guadalupe Victoria Guadalupe Victoria (; 29 September 178621 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 7, 1821, by the colonial government when Bro. Diego Velázquez declared it the village of "St. Nicholas of Gualeguas." The municipality has an area of 917.6 km2 and is located 180 meters above sea level. According to the 2000 census, there are 4,492 inhabitants. List of presidents of municipal of Agualeguas *(1935 - 1936): Oscar N. Escudero Gonzales *(1989 - 1991): Reynaldo Canales Vela *(1992 - 1994): Juan José Salinas García *(1994 - 1997): Elio Molina Salinas *(1997 - 2000): Vicente Canales Cantú *(2000 - 2003): Ignacio de Jesús Castellanos Ramos *(2003 - 2006): Vicente Canales Cantú *(2006 - 2009): José Israel González Rodríguez *(2009 - 2012): José Guadalupe García Garza *(2012 - 2015): José Israel Gonzá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerralvo Municipality
Cerralvo, sometimes known as Ceralvo, is a municipality situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the Gulf Coastal Plain and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño, Melchor Ocampo, and Parás. It borders the municipality of Agualeguas to the north, the municipality of Higueras to the west, the municipality of Doctor González to the southwest, the municipality of Los Ramones to the south, and the municipalities of Los Herreras, Melchor Ocampo, and General Treviño 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' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Vidaurri
José Santiago Vidaurri Valdez (July 24, 1809 – July 8, 1867) was a controversial and powerful governor of the northern Mexican states of Nuevo León and Coahuila between 1855 and 1864. He was an advocate of federalism. In 1855, he supported the liberal Revolution of Ayutla, which overthrew the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna, the military strongman who dominated Mexican politics in the 1830s until his overthrow in 1855. Vidaurri stood by the liberal president Benito Juárez during the subsequent War of the Reform, a bloody civil war following Mexican conservatives' repudiation of the liberal government and the Constitution of 1857. During the war, Vidaurri commanded the liberal armies of the north. During the American Civil War (1861–65), Southern slave states had seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. Vidaurri sought advantageous trade relationships with the CSA, which bordered northern Mexico. Confederate forces had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
