Guadalcázar, San Luis Potosí
Guadalcázar is a Mexican municipality, within the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, Northeastern Mexico. Geography Guadalcázar municipality is north of the municipality of Cerritos. Most of the residents live in two towns within the municipality, El Quelital and Buenavista. It is among the biggest municipalities of Mexico (''municipios'') located in the state of San Luis Potosí. History The town was one of the many colonial establishments founded by Spanish explorer and Viceroy of New Spain, Juan Córdoba de Guadalcázar, Marquis of Guadalcázar, in 1620. In the decades following its founding, Guadalcázar flourished as a wealthy town. Its main exports were coal, iron, silver, and other industrial materials. This was because of the many hills surrounding the town were rich in mineral deposits. After the minerals were exhausted by 300 years of mining the hills, in the early twentieth century, the population slowly diminished. Mexican Revolution After the Mexican Revoluti ...
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