El Norte
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The Spanish
phrase El Norte ("The North") may refer to any of the following places or things:
"El Norte" also is used commonly in Mexico and Central America to refer to the United States and Canada, which lie to the north.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
phrase El Norte ("The North") may refer to any of the following places or things:
- El Norte (film)El Norte (film)El Norte is an American and British film, directed by Gregory Nava. The screenplay was written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The movie was first presented at the Telluride Film Festival in 1983, and its wide release was in January 1984....
, a 1983 motion picture directed by Gregory Nava. - El Norte (Monterrey)El Norte (Monterrey)- History :During the decades of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s The North gained important successes in exposing corruption in government. Due to its principles of independent journalism, the federal government cut the paper to print the paper, so the company had to import it directly...
, a Mexican daily newspaper, published in the state of Nuevo Léon. - El Norte (San Nicolás), an Argentine daily newspaper, published in Buenos Aires province.
- El Norte (Barcelona), a Venezuelan newspaper, published in the state of Anzoátegui.
- El Norte, a Spanish pop music band of the 1980s
- El Norte, the Latino gang in the television series OzOz (TV series)Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
. - El Norte, an album by the Gotan ProjectGotan ProjectGotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...
, a neo-tango group based in Paris. - El Norte, the name of a cattle company in Jim Wells County, Texas
"El Norte" also is used commonly in Mexico and Central America to refer to the United States and Canada, which lie to the north.