Luis Moya is a

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in the Mexican

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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 ...

, located approximately southeast of the state capital at

. It is named after (1855–1911), a colonel in the

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who was posthumously given the rank of brigadier general in 1939.

Geography

The municipality of Luis Moya is located at an elevation between on the

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in southeastern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of

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to the northwest, Ojocaliente to the northeast, Noria de Ángeles to the east, and Loreto to the southeast. It also borders the municipalities of

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, and

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in the state of

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to the south. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.2% of the state's area. As of 2009, 73% of the land in Luis Moya is used for agriculture.

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(24.7%) and urban areas (1.1%) cover much of the rest of the municipality. Luis Moya is drained by the San Pedro or Aguascalientes River, a tributary of the Río Verde in the Lerma–

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river basin. The San Pedro River forms part of the border between Luis Moya and the municipality of Cosío in Aguascalientes.

Climate

Luis Moya has a temperate semi-arid climate with dry winters. Average temperatures in the municipality range between , and average annual precipitation ranges between .

History

Luis Moya was originally founded as a settlement in 1692 with the name of San Francisco de los Adames. After Mexican independence, San Francisco de los Adames was part of the ''partido'' of Pinos in the state of

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. The

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formalized the transfer of the municipality of San Francisco de los Adames to Zacatecas. It became a free municipality under the name of San Francisco de los Adame on 19 August 1916. On 9 January 1935, the municipality changed its name in honour of Luis Moya.

Administration

The municipal government of Luis Moya comprises a president, a councillor (

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: ''síndico''), and ten trustees (''regidores''), six elected by

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and four by

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. The current president of the municipality is Guadalupe Silva Medina.

Demographics

In the 2020 Census, Luis Moya recorded a population of 13,184 inhabitants living in 3267 households. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 12,234 inhabitants in Luis Moya. There are 47 inhabited localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also called Luis Moya, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 6983 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.

Economy and infrastructure

The economy of Luis Moya is diversified between the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Agricultural activities include the farming of dairy cattle, whose production supplies companies such as

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and

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; and crops such as alfalfa, fodder corn and oats, grapes, and tomatoes. Manufacturing activities include food processing, metalworking and textile production. Federal Highway 45 runs through the northern part of the municipality, connecting it to the cities of Zacatecas to the northwest and

to the south. A segment of Federal Highway 71 branches off from Highway 45 at the municipal seat of Luis Moya and runs south to

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in Aguascalientes. The

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-owned railroad which runs between the cities of Aguascalientes and Zacatecas forms part of the municipality's western border.

References

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