La Perla is a city and

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in the Mexican

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. It is located in central zone of the State of

, about 75 km from

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, the state capital. It has a surface of 199.880 km2. It is located at .

Geography

The municipality of La Perla is bordered to the north by

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and Calcahualco to the east by

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and Atzacan, to the south by Mariano Escobedo, Ixhuatlancillo, Maltrata and to the west by

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State. The weather in La Perla is cold all year with rain in summer and autumn.

Economy

Major crops are

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beans A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are tradition ...

potatoes The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...

and

faba bean ''Vicia faba'', commonly known as the broad bean, fava bean, or faba bean, is a species of vetch, a flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Vari ...

Culture

The celebration in honor of

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when t ...

, patron of the town, is in December.

History

As of March 3, 2021, sixteen confirmed cases and two deaths related to the

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had been reported. Melquiades Vázquez Lucas (″El Pantera″), candidate for mayor ( PRI), was assassinated on March 4, 2021.

References

External links

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Municipal Official webpage
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Municipal Official Information
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