Carreras is a town in northwestern

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

, Mexico. The town is part of

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. Carreras has a small population of mostly retired people, with tourism during the summer and the winter. Tourists mostly consist of the children of migrant parents from the

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mostly from California, Nevada, Illinois, Texas, Georgia and Virginia. Children usually ride ATVs around the town's dirt roads but recently the roads were paved. Occasionally, the town hosts various ''coleaderas'' (

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s) in the town's ''

lienzo charro A ''lienzo charro'' is an arena where '' charros'' hold the events of '' charreada'', ''coleadero'' and ''jaripeo The word () refers to a form of rodeo, particularly bull riding practiced in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, ...

''.

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Populated places in Durango {{coord missing, Durango