Santiago Papasquiaro is a town of 47,360 people (2005 census) located in a valley in west-central 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...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional 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...

. It is the fourth-largest community in the state in population, and is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name

Santiago Papasquiaro (municipality)

Santiago Papasquiaro is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santiago Papasquiaro. The municipality covers an area of 7,238.4 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 41,539....

. It is home of a military base of the 71st Infantry Battalion. The town is situated on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental

Sierra Madre Occidental

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...

. Santiago Papasquiaro is located at an altitude of over 5,000 ft. above sea level. Agriculture is a vital part of the town's economy. During the past few years, the city has improved vastly. The municipality has an area of 7,238.4 km² (2,794.76 sq mi) and a census population of 41,539.

Many emigrants of Santiago Papasquiaro live in the Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 metropolitan area in Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, USA. Chicago has a large community of Mexican immigrants from Durango, with a significant number from Santiago Papasquiaro.

Many famous duranguense

Duranguense

Duranguense is a genre of Mexican music. It is popular among the Mexican-American community in the United States. Duranguense is closely related to the Mexican styles of banda and norteño. The main instruments, which are held over from banda, are the saxophone, trombone, and bass drum...

 bands are from Santiago Papasquiaro, including such groups as Montez de Durango.
Also one of the most famous grupero bands are from Santiago Papasquiaro are Los Bondadosos.

Notable natives

• Marlene Favela
  Marlene Favela
  Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz is a Mexican actress. She studied at "Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa in Mexico City and is also a model...
  
  , model and actress (born 1976 in Santiago Papasquiaro)
• Silvestre Revueltas
  Silvestre Revueltas
  Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez was a Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.-Life:...
  
  , composer, violinist, and conductor (born in Santiago Papasquiaro)
• Coquis Quintana, the most famous radio personality of Santiago Papasquiaro
• Nancy Velazquez, radio and television personality in northern California (born in Santiago Papasquiaro)
• Band members of El Grupo Móntez de Durango

External links

• Gobierno Municipal de Santiago Papasquiaro Official website
• Genteymas Night Life in Santiago Papasquiaro