Comarca Lagunera
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| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... |
1,249,442 912,822 (Urban) 336,620 (Rural) |
| Altitude Altitude Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context... |
1,120 meters (3,674 ft) |
| Latitude Latitude In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a... |
24° 22' North |
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102° 22' West |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... |
44,887 km² (17,330 mi²) |
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+52 (Country) 871 and 872 |
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Francisco Sarabia International Airport Francisco Sarabia International Airport Francisco Sarabia International Airport is an international airport located in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the Comarca Lagunera, considering Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in the State of Durango.The management of this airport is the responsibility... (TRC) |
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The Comarca Lagunera is the 9th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...
and Durango
Durango
Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...
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Geography
The Comarca Lagunera is formed by 15 municipioMunicipio
Municipio and Município are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality.-Overview:...
s; 5 in Coahuila (Torreón
Torreón
Torreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...
, Matamoros
Matamoros, Coahuila
Matamoros is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico...
, San Pedro
San Pedro, Coahuila
San Pedro is a city located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. San Pedro lies east-northeast of the city of Torreón and serves as the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name....
, Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
, Viesca
Viesca
Viesca is a town and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. At the last census, Viesca had a population of 19,328. Of this number 9,695 were men and 9,633 were women.-Economy:...
) and 10 in Durango (Gómez Palacio
Gómez Palacio
Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, located at 25°33′40″N 103°29′54"W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila...
, Ciudad Lerdo, Tlahualilo
Tlahualilo
Tlahualilo is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tlahualilo de Zaragoza. The municipality covers an area of 3,709.8 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 19,882....
, Mapimí, Rodeo
Rodeo, Durango
Rodeo is a city and seat of the municipality of Rodeo, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico....
, Nazas
Nazas
Nazas is a city and seat of the municipality of Nazas, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico....
, San Juan de Guadalupe
San Juan de Guadalupe
San Juan de Guadalupe is a city and seat of the municipality of San Juan de Guadalupe, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico....
, San Luis del Cordero
San Luis del Cordero
San Luis del Cordero is a city and seat of the municipality of San Luis del Cordero, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico....
, Simón Bolívar
General Simón Bolívar (municipality)
General Simón Bolívar is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at General Simón Bolívar. The municipality covers an area of 10,041 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 9,569....
, San Pedro del Gallo
San Pedro del Gallo
San Pedro del Gallo is a city and seat of the municipality of San Pedro del Gallo, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico.El municipio de San Pedro del Gallo esta situado en el noreste del Estado de Durango, República Mexicana, con unas coordenadas de 25°33′N 104°18′W...
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It covers an area of 44,887 km² (17,330 mi²) out of which 22,031 km² (8,506 mi²) belong to Coahuila and 25,856 km² (9 983 mi²) to Durango, which makes it 2.5 percent of the national area.
It borders north with the state of Chihuahua, and with the municipios of Sierra Mojada
Sierra Mojada
Sierra Mojada is a city and seat of the municipality of Sierra Mojada, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila....
and Cuatrociénegas of Coahuila, to the west with the municipios of Indé
Indé
Indé is the municipal seat of the municipality of Indé in the Mexican state of Durango....
and Villa Hidalgo
Villa Hidalgo, Durango
Villa Hidalgo is a town in the Mexican state of Durango. It serves as the head town of the municipality of Hidalgo....
in Durango, to the southwest with the state of Zacatecas
Zacatecas
Zacatecas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas....
and to the east with the municipio of Parras
Parras
Parras de la Fuente is a city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. At the census of 2010, the population was 45,423. There are a large number of factories that produce denim, including a Dickies factory, and Parras is also a wine-making place...
in Coahuila.
This polygon is located in the north-central part of Mexico, between the parallels 24° 22' and 26° 23' North and meridians 102° 22' and 104° 47' West in the southernmost part of the Bolsón de Mapimí
Bolsón de Mapimí
The Bolsón de Mapimí is an endorheic river basin located in the center-north of the Mexican Plateau.It is also known as the Comarca Lagunera, and is shared by the states of Durango, Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Zacatecas...
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The average altitude of the region is of 1,139 meters (3,736 ft).
Hydrology
The Comarca Lagunera is subject to periodic flooding due to the overflowing of its principal rivers.Nazas River
The Nazas RiverNazas River
The Nazas River is a river located in northern Mexico, in territory of the states of Coahuila and Durango. It is part of the endorheic Bolsón de Mapimí. It is only long, but irrigates an area of 71,906 km² in the middle of the desert. The Nazas is also nurtured by the San Juan, Ramos, Potreritos,...
, average flow of 1,900 cubic meters per second, is formed from the merging of the Sextín River and the Ramos River. In its transit towards the Laguna de Mayrán it is contained in the Lázaro Cárdenas dam (3,336 million cubic meters). In its course it receives the flows of the Vizcaíno, Peñón, San Juan
San Juan River (Tamaulipas)
The San Juan River is the largest and most important river in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The river feeds the El Cuchillo Dam, which provides the city of Monterrey with water. The San Juan River basin has a total surface area of . The San Juan River is a contributor to the Rio Grande...
, Naitcha and Cuencamé creeks, and finally stops at the Francisco Zarco Dam (436 million cubic meters).
Aguanaval River
The Aguanaval RiverAguanaval River
-Geography:It originates in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental range of Zacatecas state, and flows generally north through Zacatecas and Durango states to empty into the endorheic Bolsón de Mapimí, in Coahuila state.-Use:...
, which has an average flow of 600 cubic meters per second, is formed from the fusion of the Saín Alto River and Trujillo River
Trujillo River
-References:*Atlas of Mexico, 1975 .*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
in Zacatecas. It receives the flows of the Reyes, Santiago and Mazamitote creeks.
Other
There are other important hydrologic components in the Comarca Lagunera region. The Benjamín Ortega Cantero dam in the municipio of Mapimí, the Francisco González de la VegaFrancisco González de la Vega
Francisco González de la Vega e Iriarte , Mexican jurist, he was Attorney General of the Republic , Governor of Durango by Institutional Revolutionary Party...
dam in Rodeo, the Los Naranjos
Los Naranjos
Los Naranjos is the name for an archaeological region in western Honduras. It lies on the north border of Lake Yojoa. It is significant to the region because of its implications on determining where the Mayan frontier existed, as well as which ancient peoples were in contact and what relations...
dam in Simón Bolívar and the Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla...
dam in San Pedro del Gallo.
Also, the Mayrán and Viesca lagoons are big natural dams that constitute dry beds at the moment, and are unable to be filled due to the dams located in the Nazas River for the Mayrán lagoon and the city of Matamoros
Matamoros, Coahuila
Matamoros is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico...
being in the Aguanaval River's flood path.
Orography
The region is conformed by a large and truncated mountain range, in which several prominent features can be seen constituted by sedimentary rock from the MesozoicMesozoic
The Mesozoic era is an interval of geological time from about 250 million years ago to about 65 million years ago. It is often referred to as the age of reptiles because reptiles, namely dinosaurs, were the dominant terrestrial and marine vertebrates of the time...
, where important marble and other non-ferrous minerals are exploited. The most important features within the Comarca Lagunera are the Sierra de Jimulco (altitude of 3,120 m), the Sierra del Rosario
Sierra del Rosario
Sierra del Rosario is mountain range in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It is located in the western part of the Guaniguanico Range, in the north-central part of the province, between the municipalities of La Palma, Los Palacios and Consolación del Sur....
(altitude of 2,820 m), and the Sierra de Tlahualilo (altitude of 2,200 m).
Weather
It has mild heat throughout the year, with an average temperature of 22°C (72°F) and extreme dryness, with an average rainfall of 300 mm (12 in). There is an average of 22 cold days a year, with temperatures ranging lows of 0°C (32°F) and highs of 40°C (104°F)Population
The economic rise of the Comarca Lagunera is centralized in an urban center formed by the cities of Lerdo, Gómez Palacio, and Torreón. This major settlement has, as of 2000, a population of 1,249,442, out of which 912,822 are located in the urban area and 336,620 in rural settlements, making it the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico http://www.inegi.gob.mx.Economy
The Comarca Lagunera is Mexico's most important milk producer with a 14 percent of the national production of milk, 3.6 million liters of milk a day. And within the city of Torreón lies the largest silver refinery of the world, Met-Mex PeñolesMet-Mex Peñoles
Met-Mex Peñoles is a large metallurgical and chemical company located in Torreón. This industrial site processes the majority of the zinc and lead mineral ores mined in Mexico and some other countries....
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The Comarca is an important producer of raw materials and finished products: among which are cement, fertilizers, non-ferrous metals, marble, milk-derivates, among others.
One of the most important activities is that of the maquiladora
Maquiladora
A maquiladora or maquila is a concept often referred to as an operation that involves manufacturing in a country that is not the client's and as such has an interesting duty or tariff treatment...
(assembly plant) industry of clothing, car parts and electrical components.
Education
The region has a total of 32 professional studies centers, universities, community colleges, and technical institutes. The most important in the region are the Universidad Autónoma de CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma de Coahuila
The Autonomous University of Coahuila is a state university founded in 1957. It is located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The university system has three campuses — Saltillo, Torreón, and Norte — distributed among the most populated cities in the state...
, the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Laguna, the Universidad Iberoamericana
Universidad Iberoamericana
The Ibero-American University is a Mexican private institution of higher education sponsored by the Society of Jesus...
, Universidad Autónoma de la Laguna, Universidad La Salle
Universidad La Salle
Universidad La Salle is a private institution of higher education with 15 campuses in Mexico. It is part of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.-History:...
and the Tecnológico de la Laguna.