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 of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
, to the north by Coahuila
Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico's 31 component States of Mexico. It is located in the north of the country.To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S....
, to the east by San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí

The Mexico state of San Luis Potos? has an area of .It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, It borders Coahuila to the north, Nuevo Leon to the north-east, Tamaulipas to the east, Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Guanajuato to the south,and Zacatecas to the north-west....
, to the south by Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes is a States of Mexico of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. The name means "hot waters" in Spanish language and originated from the abundance of hot springs in the area, thus the corresponding adjective for the state and its inhabitants is the whimsical demonym hidroc?lido ....
 and Guanajuato
Guanajuato

Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. It is named after its capital city, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, which comes from the local indigenous P'urh?pecha language, meaning "Hill of Frogs"....
 and to the southwest by Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 and Nayarit
Nayarit

Nayarit is one of Political divisions of Mexico and is located on the central west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean. Nayarit is surrounded by the states of Sinaloa to the northwest, Durango to the north, Zacatecas to the northeast and Jalisco to the south with the Pacific Ocean bordering it to the west....
. The state is best known for its rich deposits of silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
 ore, its colonial architecture and its importance during the revolution. The state is also known as one of the safest states in the country.






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Zacatecas state
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
 of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
, to the north by Coahuila
Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico's 31 component States of Mexico. It is located in the north of the country.To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S....
, to the east by San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí

The Mexico state of San Luis Potos? has an area of .It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, It borders Coahuila to the north, Nuevo Leon to the north-east, Tamaulipas to the east, Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Guanajuato to the south,and Zacatecas to the north-west....
, to the south by Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes is a States of Mexico of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. The name means "hot waters" in Spanish language and originated from the abundance of hot springs in the area, thus the corresponding adjective for the state and its inhabitants is the whimsical demonym hidroc?lido ....
 and Guanajuato
Guanajuato

Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. It is named after its capital city, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, which comes from the local indigenous P'urh?pecha language, meaning "Hill of Frogs"....
 and to the southwest by Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 and Nayarit
Nayarit

Nayarit is one of Political divisions of Mexico and is located on the central west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean. Nayarit is surrounded by the states of Sinaloa to the northwest, Durango to the north, Zacatecas to the northeast and Jalisco to the south with the Pacific Ocean bordering it to the west....
. The state is best known for its rich deposits of silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
 ore, its colonial architecture and its importance during the revolution. The state is also known as one of the safest states in the country. Zacatecas has 58 municipalities and the main economic activities are mining, agriculture and tourism. The state shares its name with its capital and chief center of population, the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. It was founded 1548, two years after the nearby discovery of silver, and became an officially-recognized city in 1584....
.

Etymology


"Zacatecas" is the Nahuatl-derived name for one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the region before the arrival of the Spanish. The name ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word for a type of grass common in the region, zacatl. The region where this grass grew was originally called Zacatlan, and its inhabitants, Zacateca, pluralized in Mexican Spanish
Mexican Spanish

Mexican Spanish is the dialect of the Spanish language, as spoken in Mexico.Spanish was brought to present day Mexico around 500 years ago. As a result of Mexico City's central role in the colonial administration of Viceroyalty of New Spain, the population of the city included relatively large numbers of speakers from Spain....
 to Zacatecas.

Besides the Zacatecas
Zacateco

The Zacatecos were an indigenous people inhabiting part of northern Mexico, one of the peoples called Chichimecas by the Aztecs. They lived in most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango....
, the Caxcan
Caxcan

The Caxcan were a partly nomadic people. The Caxcan were allied with the Zacatecos against the Spaniards during the Mixt?n Rebellion During the rebellion, they were described as "the heart and the center of the Indian Rebellion"....
, Guachichil
Guachichil

Of all the Chichimeca natives, the Guachichiles occupied the most extensive territory. Most of their home laid in the present states of San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, but they also occupied parts of northern Jalisco....
, and Tepehuan
Tepehuán

The Tepehu?n are an indigenous ethnic group in northwest Mexico, whose villages at the time of Spanish conquest spanned a large territory along the Sierra Madre Occidental from Chihuahua and Durango in the north to Jalisco in the south....
 were also reported by the Spanish to be inhabiting the region which comprises the modern state of Zacatecas.

Foundation


On September 8, 1546, with the discovery of its mines, the present city of Zacatecas was founded. It was originally baptized "Minas de los Zacatecas" or "Mines of the Zacatecas". Its rich mineral wealth gave the Spanish Crown a great amount of income (the silver mines in Zacatecas and Potosi, Bolivia, were the Spanish crown's largest sources of income during colonialism), which gave the city of Zacatecas the title of "Ciudad de Nuestra Señora de los Zacatecas".

Geography

Zacatecas is located in the great central plateau of Mexico, with an average elevation of about . The state is somewhat mountainous, being traversed in the west by lateral ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico and the extreme southwest of the United States, extending 1500 km from southeast Arizona southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua , Durango , Zacatecas, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato , where it joins with the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Eje Volc?nico Transversal...
, and by numerous isolated ranges in other parts – Mazapil, Norillos, Guadalupe and others. There are no large rivers, only the small head-streams of the Aguanaval in the north, and of the Guazamota, Bolaños and Juchipila in the west, the last three being tributaries of the Rio Grande de Santiago. The climate is dry and mostly falls in the semi-arid steppe type, although moisture from the Pacific does influence the state in Summer, particularly western sections.

Nature

There are forest of pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
s and evergreens in the sierras; in the valleys and plains there is a great abundance of mesquite
Mesquite

Mesquite is a legume plant of the Prosopis genus found in Northern Mexico and the United States from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas up to southwestern Kansas and from southeastern California and southwestern Utah to the southern limits of the Sonoran desert....
, maguey, cactus
Cactus

A cactus is any member of the spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also Crop plants....
, agave
Agave

Agave is a succulent plant plant of a large botanical genus of the same name, belonging to the family Agavaceae....
, pastures, huisache
Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana

Acacia farnesiana var. farnesiana, commonly known as huisache or sweet acacia, is an acacia tree or shrub which grows readily when disturbed and is considered to be a nuisance plant....
, and many other semi-desertic plants.

In the sierras there are many wild boar, white-tailed deer
White-tailed Deer

File:Wtdfishwild.jpgThe white-tailed deer , also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to all but five states in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru....
 and hares; in the valleys and plains it is common to find coyote
Coyote

The coyote , also known as the prairie wolf, is a species of canid found throughout North America and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States, and Canada....
, badgers, quails and ducks.

Economy


The agricultural products are cereals, sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
 and maguey, the first being dependent on the rainfall, often failing altogether, the second on irrigation in the lower valleys, and the latter doing best in a dry climate on a calcareous soil with water not far beneath the surface. There is also a considerable production of peach
Peach

The peach is known as a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit also called a peach. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5?10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae....
es, apricot
Apricot

The Apricot is a species of Prunus, classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation, but most likely in northern and western China and Central Asia, possibly also Korea and Japan....
s and grape
Grape

File:Table grapes on white.jpgA grape is the non-Climacteric #In_botany fruit that grows on the Perennial plant and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis....
s, the last being made into wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
. A few cattle
Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
 are raised, and considerable attention is given to the rearing of sheep
Sheep

#REDIRECT Domestic sheep...
, goat
Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep: both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae....
s and swine. A natural product is guayule
Guayule

Parthenium argentatum, commonly known as Guayule , is a shrub in the family Asteraceae, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, in the states of New Mexico, Texas, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Chihuahua San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas....
, a shrub from which rubber
Rubber

Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
 is extracted.

The chief industry of Zacatecas, however, is mining
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
 for silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
, gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, mercury
Mercury (element)

Mercury , also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum , is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery d-block metal, mercury is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure....
, copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
, iron
Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
, zinc
Zinc

Zinc is a metallic chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a first-row transition metal of the group 12 element of the periodic table....
, lead
Lead

Lead is a main-group Chemical element with symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metal ....
, bismuth
Bismuth

Bismuth is a chemical element that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline trivalent poor metal has a pink tinge and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony....
, antimony
Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A metalloid, antimony has four allotropy forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metalloid....
 and salt
Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula SodiumChlorine....
. Its mineral
Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid formed through Geology processes that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties....
 wealth was discovered soon after the conquest, and some of its mines are among the most famous of Mexico, dating from 1546. One of the most productive of its silver mines, the Alvarado, has records which show a production of nearly $800,000,000 in silver between 1548 and 1867.

The state is traversed by the Mexican Central and the Mexican National railways. Its manufactures are limited chiefly to the reduction of mineral ores, the extraction of rubber from guayule, the making of sugar, rum
Rûm

R?m, also Roum or Rhum , is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to the Balkans and Anatolia generally, and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of R?m in Asia Minor, and for Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Empire or modern Turkey territory as well as for Greek Cypriots....
, mezcal
Mezcal

Mezcal, or mescal, is a Mexican distilled spirit protected by International Denomination of Origin made from agave plants. Its production and consumption is popularly associated with the Mexican state of Oaxaca....
, pulque
Pulque

Pulque, or octli, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation juice of the maguey, and is a traditional native beverage of Mesoamerica....
, wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
len and cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
 fabrics, and some minor industries of the capital.

Demographics

The state of Zacatecas has a population of 1,441,734 inhabitants. It has more than tripled in a century, in 1900 its population was 462,190. In the year 2008, Zacatecas had the smallest indigenous population percentage-wise in Mexico: 0.3%. Only the state of Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes is a States of Mexico of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. The name means "hot waters" in Spanish language and originated from the abundance of hot springs in the area, thus the corresponding adjective for the state and its inhabitants is the whimsical demonym hidroc?lido ....
 has a smaller number of indigenous people, numbering 3,472; Zacatecas has 4,039 indigenous people. In the last ten years, Zacatecas' population has grown a mere 6%, well below the country's average growth of 20%. It is estimated that half of the people from Zacatecas do not reside in the state. The biggest concentration of Zacatecanos outside Mexico is in the United States, with a population of approximately 800,000-1,000,000, almost as many people as in the state itself. Most are concentrated in cities such as, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 and Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
. It fact, there are more Zacatecanos living in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 area than in the city of Zacatecas itself.

Cities

The largest city in terms of population in the state of Zacatecas is Fresnillo, with a population of 183,236 (2005). It is followed by the state capital of Zacatecas
Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. It was founded 1548, two years after the nearby discovery of silver, and became an officially-recognized city in 1584....
 with a population of 118,562 (2005). Next is Sombrerete with 61,652.



Tourist destinations

The state has touristic cities like: Zacatecas
Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. It was founded 1548, two years after the nearby discovery of silver, and became an officially-recognized city in 1584....
, and Sombrerete. Near Sombrerete is a small town called La Noria, it is small but on July 27 they have a big festival celebrating the saint "San Pantaleon". There are other places like Jerez
Jerez de García Salinas

The city and surrounding municipalities of Mexico of Jerez de Garc?a Salinas is located in the center of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipality of Fresnillo, to the east by the municipalities of Calera, Zacatecas and Zacatecas, Zacatecas, to the south by Villanueva, Zacatecas and Tepeton...
, and places like Sierra de Organos, Sierra de Cardos, and Altavista.

  • Zacatecas: The colonial center of this city is a UNESCO World Heritage site and features elaborately decorated buildings, cobblestoned streets, and wrought-iron lanterns.
  • Sombrerete: Colonial city established in 1555 as a village, actually is a small city, is the fifth most important in the state, and considered the second most beautiful city in the state. The city features old and beautiful churches built in the New Spain Era, with decorated, old buildings. The municipality has touristic forests, and Sierra de Organos, world famous for filming of western movies.
  • Jerez de Garcia Salinas: A city near the capital city of Zacatecas (Zacatecas City), has colonial buildings and the Santuario and Parroquial Churches, made known internationally by Lopez Velarde, a writer born in that city. It also has beautiful colonial buildings some of which are now lighted at night. Jerez was designated as a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2007 because of its customs, traditions, cuisine and its people. More than 20 years in the past (1988) it had already been designated as a National Monument.
consepcion del oro zacatecas

Government

Amalia Garcia
The current governor of Zacatecas is Amalia García Medina
Amalia García

Amalia Dolores Garc?a Medina is a Mexico politician and the current governor of Zacatecas. She is currently one of the only two List of female state governors in Mexico in Mexico ....
 (PRD
Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is one of the three List_of_political_parties_in_Mexico....
) who will end her 6 year term in 2010 after winning the election of 2004. She became the first female governor on September 12, 2004. The state is represented by three representatives in the Mexican senate
Senate of Mexico

The Senate is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress of Mexico.After a series of reforms during the 1990s, it is now made up of 128 senators:...
: Mejía Haro Antonio (PRD
Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is one of the three List_of_political_parties_in_Mexico....
), Tomás Torres Mercado
Tomás Torres Mercado

Tom?s Torres Mercado is a Mexico politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution who has been elected to serve as Senate of Mexico from 2006 to 2012....
 (PRD
Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is one of the three List_of_political_parties_in_Mexico....
) and José Isabel Trejo Reyes (PAN
National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , known by the acronym PAN, is a Conservatism and Christian Democracy party and one of the three main Political party in Mexico....
). Zacatecas also has 9 representatives in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of Mexico, Mexico's Bicameralism legislature. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current 1917 Constitution of Mexico....
: 9 of the Party of the Democratic Revolution
Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is one of the three List_of_political_parties_in_Mexico....
, 3 of the National Action Party
National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , known by the acronym PAN, is a Conservatism and Christian Democracy party and one of the three main Political party in Mexico....
 and 1 of the Ecologist Green Party
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico is one of the List of political parties in Mexico to enjoy representation in the Mexico Congress of Mexico....
.

Municipalities


Zacatecas is subdivided into 58 municipalities (municipios
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
). Mazapil by far is the largest municipality in the state, occupying about 16% of the area of the state. The Municipality of Momax is the smallest one in area with only 164.538 km².

Major communities

  • Fresnillo
    Fresnillo

    Fresnillo [frAsnE?yO] is the largest city in Zacatecas state, north central Mexico. Fresnillo was founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra....
  • Guadalupe
    Guadalupe, Zacatecas

    Guadalupe is the third-largest city in the state of Zacatecas in Mexico. It lies adjacent to the east side of the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas and is a component of the Zacatecas-Guadalupe metropolitan area....
  • Jalpa
    Jalpa

    Jalpa may refer to:*Jalpa, Palpa*Jalpa, Zacatecas...
  • Jerez de García Salinas
    Jerez de García Salinas

    The city and surrounding municipalities of Mexico of Jerez de Garc?a Salinas is located in the center of the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipality of Fresnillo, to the east by the municipalities of Calera, Zacatecas and Zacatecas, Zacatecas, to the south by Villanueva, Zacatecas and Tepeton...
  • Juan Aldama
    Municipality of Juan Aldama

    The Municipality of Juan Aldama was named in honor of the insurgent Juan Aldama, who participated alongside Miguel Hidalgo in the Mexican War of Independence....
  • Loreto
    Loreto, Zacatecas

    Loreto is a town and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico of the same name in the southeastern parr of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The town is the seventh-largest community in the state, with a 2005 census population of 22,085 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a population of 43,411....
  • Ojocaliente
    Ojocaliente, Zacatecas

    Ojocaliente is a medium-sized town in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is similar in appearance with Fresnillo, also having bright-colored houses and a park to serve as a sort of central ornament....
  • Río Grande
  • Sombrerete
    Sombrerete, Zacatecas

    Sombrerete is a colonial city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico of the same name located in western part of the Mexican state of Zacatecas....
  • Victor Rosales
  • Zacatecas
    Zacatecas, Zacatecas

    Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of the state of Zacatecas. It was founded 1548, two years after the nearby discovery of silver, and became an officially-recognized city in 1584....
  • Valparaiso
    Valparaíso, Zacatecas

    Valpara?so is a town in the north central Mexico mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located at on the interior plateau, 70 mi/113 km E of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, at an elevation of 16,677 ft/5,083 m....
  • El Tejujan
  • Chalchihuites
    Chalchihuites

    Alta Vista, or Chalchihuites, is a small Mesoamerican archaeological site in the States of Mexico of Zacatecas, in the northwest of Mexico....
  • Sain Alto
  • Huanusco
    Huanusco

    The municipality of Huanusco is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexico Mexican state of Zacatecas....


See also List of towns in Zacatecas
List of towns in Zacatecas

This is a list of towns in Zacatecas....


Notable people

  • Antonio Aguilar
    Antonio Aguilar

    Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza , most commonly known as Antonio Aguilar, was a Mexican singer, actor, Film producer, and writer. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies....
    , singer, actor
  • Pepe Aguilar
    Pepe Aguilar

    Pepe Aguilar is an United States singer of Mexican descent who sings ranchera music. He is the son of the legends of Mexican show-business Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre....
    , singer
  • Rebecca de Alba
    Rebecca de Alba

    Rebeca de Alba is a Mexican Model and TV presenter. She dated Mexican actor Guillermo Capetillo and Mexican singer Leonardo de Lozanne. She just recently ended her on-again, off-again romance with Ricky Martin....
    , model
  • Benjamin Galindo
    Benjamín Galindo

    Benjam?n "El Maestro" Galindo Marentes was a Mexico footballer who participated for the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. And was the former coach of the powerhouse Mexico soccer club, Chivas de Guadalajara, until he was replaced in the 2005 season....
    , former soccer player and coach of Cruz Azul
  • Susana González
    Susana González

    Susana Gonz?lez is a Mexico actress. This particular Mexican actress is known for her talent, beauty and docile character. Her career has been amazing since she started it with the role of Norma in Sentimientos Ajenos....
    , actress
  • Cynthia Klitbo
    Cynthia Klitbo

    Cynthia Klitbo is a Mexico actress of telenovelas, theater and Cinema of Mexico....
    , actress
  • Mateo Correa Magallanes
    Mateo Correa Magallanes

    Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes was born on 23 July 1866 at Tepechitl?n, Zacatecas, Mexico. He was a Knight of Columbus, of Council 2140. He attended the seminary at Zacatecas on a scholarship, in 1881....
    , 1866-1927, saint and martyr
  • Florinda Meza
    Florinda Meza

    Florinda Meza Garc?a de Gomez , better known simply as Florinda Meza, is a Mexico television and film actress, writer, director and producer....
    , actress
  • Don Juan de Oñate, Mexican-born conquistador of Spanish parents
  • Manuel María Ponce
    Manuel Maria Ponce

    Manuel Mar?a Ponce Cu?llar was a distinguished Mexico composer active in the 20th century. His work as a composer, music educator and scholar of Mexican music connected the concert scene with a usually forgotten tradition of popular song and Mexican folklore....
    , composer
  • Sergio Santana
    Sergio Santana

    Sergio Alejandro Santana Piedra is a Mexico football currently playing for Deportivo Toluca.Sergio debuted in the Primera Divisi?n de M?xico with C.F....
    , soccer player
  • Los Temerarios
    Los Temerarios

    Los Temerarios is a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 with brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel, together with cousin Fernando Angel....
    , music group
  • Ramón López Velarde
    Ramón López Velarde

    Ram?n L?pez Velarde was aMexico poet. His work is generally considered to be postmodernism, but is unique for its subject matter. He achieved great fame in his native land, to the point of being considered Mexico's national poet....
    , Mexican poet of the 19th Century, poet of "La Suave Patria"
  • José María Cárdenas
    José María Cárdenas

    Jos? Mar?a C?rdenas is a Mexican association football currently playing for C.F. Pachuca in the Primera Divisi?n de M?xico....
    ,soccer player
  • Efraín Flores
    Efraín Flores

    Efra?n Flores is a Mexico coach, currently with Club Deportivo Guadalajara. He was named coach during the mid Primera Divisi?n de M?xico Apertura 2007 tournament, taking over for Jos? Manuel de la Torre....
    , former soccer player and coach of C.D. Chivas
  • Francisco Javier Gonzalez Medina
    Francisco Javier Gonzalez Medina

    Francisco Javier Gonzalez Medina is a Mexico professional association football who plays for Santos Laguna.External links...
    , soccer player
  • Banda Jerez
    Banda Jerez

    La Numero 1 Banda Jerez de Marco A. Flores, La Numero Uno Banda Jerez, and mostly simply known as Banda Jerez is one of the most popular young Mexican banda musics....
    , music group


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