Loreto is a town and
municipality
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in the
state
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of
Zacatecas
Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...
,
Mexico
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. The town is the seventh-largest community in the state, with a 2005 census population of 22,085 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a population of 43,411.
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática The municipality has an area of 427 km² (164.87 sq mi).
People celebrate Nuestra Señora de Loreto from 1 to 10 December. It is an agricultural region where people grow primarily lettuce, corn, chili and beans.
This town was founded in 1931 with the name Bimabaletes, and in 1956 its official name changed to Loreto.
It is home to the well known regional band Los 5 de Zacatecas.
Notable people
* Jesús Aceves, known for having the rare condition hypertrichosis
Hypertrichosis (sometimes known as werewolf syndrome) is an abnormal amount of hair growth over the body. The two distinct types of hypertrichosis are generalized hypertrichosis, which occurs over the entire body, and localized hypertrichosis, w ...
References
External links
Zacatecas
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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Populated places in Zacatecas