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Municipalities Of Zacatecas
Zacatecas is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 58 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the state that has the 7th smallest population with inhabitants and the 8th largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Zacatecas are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in e ...
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Zacatecas In Mexico (location Map Scheme)
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Teúl De González Ortega Municipality
Teúl de González Ortega Municipality () is a town and municipality located in the south of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, between the state capital of Zacatecas and the city of Guadalajara. Unlike most of the rest of the state, its economy has been based on agriculture and livestock, rather than mining, and it is noted for its production of agave and mezcal. The town has been named a Pueblo Mágico to promote a tourism industry. Geography and environment The municipality extends over 886km2, and borders the municipalities of Tepechitlán, Mezquital del Oro, Garcia de la Cadena and Florencia de Benito Juárez with the state of Jalisco to the south and the state of Nayarit to the west. Outside the seat, other important communities include Ignacio Allende with 1,800 residents, Huitzila with 800 and www.milpillas.com with 500. In addition there are sixteen other communities with representation in the municipal government. The municipality has mountains, small mesas, plain and r ...
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Concepción Del Oro
Concepción del Oro is the largest city and the seat of the Concepción del Oro Municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas , image_map = Zacatecas in Mexico (location map scheme).svg , map_caption = State of Zacatecas within Mexico , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type .... One of the oldest cities in Mexico, Concepción del Oro was founded in 1587. References Populated places in Zacatecas Populated places established in 1587 {{Zacatecas-geo-stub ...
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Concepción Del Oro Municipality
Concepción del Oro is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the northern part of the state and it is bounded by the municipalities of Mazapil and El Salvador; it also lies next to the states of Coahuila and San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers a total surface area of . "Concepción del Oro", Encyclopedia de Municipios Population In the 2005 census Concepción del Oro reported a population of 11,857.Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Of these, 6,653 lived in the municipal seat and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.


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Chalchihuites Municipality
Chalchihuites is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas in northwest Mexico. The archaeological site of Altavista, at Chalchihuites, is located 137 miles to the northwest of the city of Zacatecas and 102 miles southeast of the city of Durango. Located to the west of Sombrerete in the northwestern corner of the Zacatecas state, it is believed that the site was a cultural oasis that was occupied more or less continuously from AD 100 to AD 1400. History It was a Teotihuacano ceremonial center lying on the Tropic of Cancer. It has a number of important features, including petroglyphs, a processional walkway and the Hall of Columns. It has some of the best evidence for astronomical alignments at an archaeological site but remains poorly known. The archaeologist Manuel Gamio referred to Chalchihuites as a "culture of transition" between the Mesoamerican civilizations and the so-called Chichimeca hunter-gatherers who lived in the arid plateau of central Mexico. Chalchihuites ...
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Cañitas De Felipe Pescador Municipality
Cañitas de Felipe Pescador is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. It is located in the northern part of Zacatecas and is bounded by the municipalities of Río Grande, Villa de Cos, and Fresnillo. The municipality covers a total surface area of . The municipal seat is also called Cañitas de Felipe Pescador. History The first inhabitants of the Cañitas de Felipe Pescador region were the Huichol. In 1918, the region became populated with farmers. In 1921, governor Donato Moreno granted a motion to legally fund the Cañitas region with the expropriation of haciendas as an ''ejido'', a system of communal land. This led to the rise of the region to become an Independent Congregation of the Municipality of Fresnillo. In 1921, the first school was founded with the name of ''Carlos A. Carrillo'', which placed special attention to environmental education. That same year the train station was installed in the city of Cañitas, and the community of La Colorada ...
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Calera De Víctor Rosales
Calera is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the central part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipalities of General Enrique Estrada, Fresnillo, Villa de Cos, Pánuco, Morelos and Zacatecas. The municipality covers a total surface area of . The municipality makes up for 0.5% of the area of the state of Zacatecas. History Calera was born as a point of pass from Fresnillo and Zacatecas. It was named in honor of the hero of independence Víctor Rosales. Climate General information Calera is one of the fastest-growing cities in Zacatecas Mx., with more than 38,189 people. It is the only municipality in Zacatecas that has an International Airport, Freeway and Railroad. Calera is the most important industrial area in Zacatecas, making floors. wood furniture, juice, purified water, dry chili processing and seeds. Calera is also home to Corona, the largest brewer in Latin America. 97% of Calera's population is Roma ...
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Florencia De Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez Municipality is a Mexican municipality located in the southern extreme of the state of Zacatecas on the edge of the Canyon of Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román, Tlaltenango. Overview To the north, the municipality is bordered by the municipality of Tepechitlán, and Chimaltitán, Chimaltitan, Jalisco. To the south, the municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Teúl de González Ortega Municipality, Teúl de González Ortega and Tequila, Jalisco, Tequila, Jalisco. To the east it is bordered by Teúl de González Ortega, and Santa María de la Paz. To the west, it is bordered by the municipality of San Martín de Bolaños, Jalisco. The municipality covers an area of 329 km². Its rural communities include El Durazno, Tonilco, Mesa de Núñez., Llano Grande, Los Campos, San Lucas, Potrerillos, Los Sauces, Mesa de Rayos, Tecolotes, Cuevas Chicas, Mesa de Arellanos y Las Cruces. The municipality was formed in 1962 when it was separated from Teúl de Gonz� ...
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Atolinga Municipality
Atolinga is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and is bordered by the municipalities of Tepechitlán and Florencia de Benito Juárez. To the east it is bordered by Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román and to the north and west by the state of Jalisco. The municipality covers a total surface area of ."Atolingo", Encyclopedia de Municipios


History

Prior to the arrival of the Spanish to the area, the region around Atolinga was inhabited by indigenous people of the
Caxcan The Caxcan were a partly nomadic indigenous people of Mexico. Under their leader, Tena ...
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Apulco
Apulco is a city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The city serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of Apulco. Apulco had a 2005 census population of 1,453 people.Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática


Origin of the name

The Nahuatl dictionary defines the word "Apoctli" (which people believe the name Apulco derived from) as smoke, water, water vapor.


History

The first inhabitants of what is now Apulco were the Tecuexes who populated the area approxim ...
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Apulco Municipality
Apulco is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the southern part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipality of Nochistlán de Mejía. The municipality covers a total surface area of ."Apulco", Encyclopedia de Municipios
The municipal seat is the city of
Apulco Apulco is a city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The city serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of Apulco. Apulco had a 2005 census population of 1,453 people.
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