Los Ramones
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Los Ramones is the name of a municipality
and its corresponding seat of government and main population center in Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
.
to the North; General Terán
to the south; to the East with China, Nuevo Leon
and Los Herreras
; and to the West with Cadereyta Jiménez
, Pesquería and Dr. González. Its total territory covers 1,378.8 square kilometers.
. The northern part of Los Ramones has an extremely hot, semi-arid climate, with little rainfall.
May and September are the rainiest months in Los Ramones, with an average rainfall of 600 mm. Generally, hail storms appear between February and May and freezing temperatures between November and February. The lowest temperature on record in the municipality was −8 degrees Celsius and the highest 45 degrees Celsius.
The same census showed that there were 16 speakers of native languages, representing 0.30% of the total population. The main native language spoken was Huasteco, followed by Náhuatl
.
The year 2000 Mexican federal census showed a slight decline in population in the municipality compared to a decade earlier. The 2000 census counted a total population of 6,237, of which 3,134 were male and 3,103 were female.
.
The municipality of Los Ramones contains 102 congregations within its territory, all with less than 500 inhabitants.
The villages are:
Altamira (Capadero), Amado Gomez, Altamira (El Capadero), Baltazar Rodriguez, Beto Rodriguez, Bonanza, Cancan, Casa Blanca, Cinco De Mayo, Clavelito, Comas Altas, Doña Ana, El Abrevadero, El Alba, El Alto, El Ancon, El Ayuncual, El Carrizo, El Ebanito (El Ebanito Dos), El Ebanito Tres (El Alto), El Ebano, El Esterito, El Faisan, El Gusto, El Huizache, El Mayorazgo, El Molino, El Perico, (Rincon Del Valle), El Porvenir (Porvenir Ramones), El Porvenir Guerrero, El Refugio (Los Gonzalez), El Reloj, El Retiro, El Sabanito (Rincon del Valle), El Saucito, El Tuetano, Empalme Ramones, Facundo Gonzalez (El Peine), Fevi, Garza-Ayala (Paso del Macho), Garza-Gonzalez, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, La Amistad, La Arena, La Buena Fe, La Colorada, La Conquista, La Curva (Antigua Avenida), La Ernita, La Estrella, La Gloria, La Morita, La Palma, La Pedrera, La Piedra, La Ponderosa, La Posada, La Reforma, La Salanillas (Herradura), Lagunitas, Las Alazanas, Las Barretas (Barretitas), Las Enramadas, Las Presas, Las Puentes, Loma, Los Abuelos, Los Angeles (Palo Blanco, Las Burras), Los Centenario (Bueyes) Los Chaparros, Los Chaparros Numero Dos, Los Dos Puentes, Los Dos Rios, Los Ebanos, Los Garcia, Los Gomez-Ochoa (Los Gomez), Los Horcones, Los Martinez, Los Olmos, Los Pilares, Los Pobladores (La Calor), Lucio Leal, Maravillas, Maribel, Noel Ramirez, Nuevo Repueblo de Oriente, Rancho Nuevo (Rancho Nuevo del Sur), San Andres (Los Garza, Las Barranquitas), San Antonio, San Bartolo, San Francisco, San Isidro, San Jose, San Lorenzo, Santa Cruz del Valle, Santa Rita, Santo Domingo, Toribio Perez, Valle Alto and Zacahuixtle.
The current location of the municipality's seat of government is also the location of an original Spanish land grant made to a settler named Alférez José Ochoa de Elejalde.
In 1847, the inhabitants of Los Ramones petitioned the State government to secede from the municipality of Cerralvo
, to which it belonged to at the time, and be incorporated into the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez
. The state Congress granted the request and on November 7th, 1847 and Los Ramones ceased to belong to Cerralvo
and became a dependency of Cadereyta Jiménez
. Los Ramones was made a municipality on September 5, 1915.
On Oct. 26,2010, the city's police force quits after 30 Sicarios
shot at the police station.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and its corresponding seat of government and main population center in Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...
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Location
Los Ramones is located in the west central portion of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Its coordinates are 25°42′N 99°37′W; it is 226 meters above sea level. It limits with the following municipalities, all in the state of Nuevo Leon: CerralvoCerralvo
Cerralvo is a municipality situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the Gulf Coastal Plain and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño,...
to the North; General Terán
General Terán
General Terán is a Mexico municipality located in Nuevo León. It was given its name in honour of General Manuel Mier y Terán.It has a 2,465 km² territorial extension...
to the south; to the East with China, Nuevo Leon
China, Nuevo León
China is a municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.China is approximately 60 miles northeast of Monterrey. Population, approximately 10,000. Area is known for its award-winning cattle. Local cuisine includes cabrito , and carne seca with egg....
and Los Herreras
Los Herreras
Los Herrera is a municipality in the Mexican State of Nuevo León and also the name of its seat of government and main population center. Los Herreras is at 281 meters above sea level and is located in the east-central part of the state...
; and to the West with Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez is both the name of a city as well as of a municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.The municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez is located in the central part of the state, 360 meters above sea level, at 25' 36" N latitude and 100' 00" W longitude. The municipality has a...
, Pesquería and Dr. González. Its total territory covers 1,378.8 square kilometers.
Climate
The southern portion of the municipality enjoys a temperate climate, with an average annual temperature between 12 and 18 degrees CelsiusCelsius
Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...
. The northern part of Los Ramones has an extremely hot, semi-arid climate, with little rainfall.
May and September are the rainiest months in Los Ramones, with an average rainfall of 600 mm. Generally, hail storms appear between February and May and freezing temperatures between November and February. The lowest temperature on record in the municipality was −8 degrees Celsius and the highest 45 degrees Celsius.
Population
According to the 1990 Federal Census, the municipality of Los Ramones had a population of 6,538 inhabitants and a density 5/km².The same census showed that there were 16 speakers of native languages, representing 0.30% of the total population. The main native language spoken was Huasteco, followed by Náhuatl
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
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The year 2000 Mexican federal census showed a slight decline in population in the municipality compared to a decade earlier. The 2000 census counted a total population of 6,237, of which 3,134 were male and 3,103 were female.
Population centers
The main population center of the municipality is its seat of government, also named Los Ramones, with a population of approximately 1,300. Los Ramones is located 120 kilometers east of the state capital of MonterreyMonterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
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The municipality of Los Ramones contains 102 congregations within its territory, all with less than 500 inhabitants.
The villages are:
Altamira (Capadero), Amado Gomez, Altamira (El Capadero), Baltazar Rodriguez, Beto Rodriguez, Bonanza, Cancan, Casa Blanca, Cinco De Mayo, Clavelito, Comas Altas, Doña Ana, El Abrevadero, El Alba, El Alto, El Ancon, El Ayuncual, El Carrizo, El Ebanito (El Ebanito Dos), El Ebanito Tres (El Alto), El Ebano, El Esterito, El Faisan, El Gusto, El Huizache, El Mayorazgo, El Molino, El Perico, (Rincon Del Valle), El Porvenir (Porvenir Ramones), El Porvenir Guerrero, El Refugio (Los Gonzalez), El Reloj, El Retiro, El Sabanito (Rincon del Valle), El Saucito, El Tuetano, Empalme Ramones, Facundo Gonzalez (El Peine), Fevi, Garza-Ayala (Paso del Macho), Garza-Gonzalez, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, La Amistad, La Arena, La Buena Fe, La Colorada, La Conquista, La Curva (Antigua Avenida), La Ernita, La Estrella, La Gloria, La Morita, La Palma, La Pedrera, La Piedra, La Ponderosa, La Posada, La Reforma, La Salanillas (Herradura), Lagunitas, Las Alazanas, Las Barretas (Barretitas), Las Enramadas, Las Presas, Las Puentes, Loma, Los Abuelos, Los Angeles (Palo Blanco, Las Burras), Los Centenario (Bueyes) Los Chaparros, Los Chaparros Numero Dos, Los Dos Puentes, Los Dos Rios, Los Ebanos, Los Garcia, Los Gomez-Ochoa (Los Gomez), Los Horcones, Los Martinez, Los Olmos, Los Pilares, Los Pobladores (La Calor), Lucio Leal, Maravillas, Maribel, Noel Ramirez, Nuevo Repueblo de Oriente, Rancho Nuevo (Rancho Nuevo del Sur), San Andres (Los Garza, Las Barranquitas), San Antonio, San Bartolo, San Francisco, San Isidro, San Jose, San Lorenzo, Santa Cruz del Valle, Santa Rita, Santo Domingo, Toribio Perez, Valle Alto and Zacahuixtle.
History
Historical references as to the origin and foundation of the municipality which is Los Ramones, indicate that Francisco Plácido Rodríguez Baca was its founder toward the last third of the 18th Century. Rodríguez Baca was a descendant of Captain Diego de Rodríguez, one of the original Spanish settlers of Nuevo Leon.The current location of the municipality's seat of government is also the location of an original Spanish land grant made to a settler named Alférez José Ochoa de Elejalde.
In 1847, the inhabitants of Los Ramones petitioned the State government to secede from the municipality of Cerralvo
Cerralvo
Cerralvo is a municipality situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the Gulf Coastal Plain and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño,...
, to which it belonged to at the time, and be incorporated into the municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez is both the name of a city as well as of a municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.The municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez is located in the central part of the state, 360 meters above sea level, at 25' 36" N latitude and 100' 00" W longitude. The municipality has a...
. The state Congress granted the request and on November 7th, 1847 and Los Ramones ceased to belong to Cerralvo
Cerralvo
Cerralvo is a municipality situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the Gulf Coastal Plain and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño,...
and became a dependency of Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez
Cadereyta Jiménez is both the name of a city as well as of a municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.The municipality of Cadereyta Jiménez is located in the central part of the state, 360 meters above sea level, at 25' 36" N latitude and 100' 00" W longitude. The municipality has a...
. Los Ramones was made a municipality on September 5, 1915.
On Oct. 26,2010, the city's police force quits after 30 Sicarios
Sicarii
Sicarii is a term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, to an extremist splinter group of the Jewish Zealots, who attempted to expel the Romans and their partisans from Judea using concealed daggers .-History:The Sicarii used...
shot at the police station.