Tamazula de Victoria
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Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula
in the Mexican state of Durango
, near the Sierra Madre Occidental
mountains. The town is located about 1.5 hours east of Culiacán
, Sinaloa
. General Guadalupe Victoria
, the first president of Mexico, was born there, hence the name. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria.
24°58′12"N, 106°57′56"W
Many Sub-cities of Tamazula are:
Amaculi, Los Remedios, El Chicural, El Cocoyole, Chacala, El Llano, El Comedero, Las Juntas, Las Quebradas, El Rio, Pueblo Viejo, El Carrizo, Otatitlan, Las Coloradas, La Nonte, El Cajon, La Mesa del Rodeo, El Durazno, la Alameda, santa jetrudis,el tecuan
Tamazula (municipality)
Tamazula is one of the 39 municipalities of Durango, in north-western Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Tamazula de Victoria. The municipality covers an area of 5188.1 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 25,888....
in the Mexican state of 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...
, near 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...
mountains. The town is located about 1.5 hours east of Culiacán
Culiacán
Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...
, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
. General Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria
Guadalupe Victoria born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military man who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power...
, the first president of Mexico, was born there, hence the name. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria.
24°58′12"N, 106°57′56"W
Many Sub-cities of Tamazula are:
Amaculi, Los Remedios, El Chicural, El Cocoyole, Chacala, El Llano, El Comedero, Las Juntas, Las Quebradas, El Rio, Pueblo Viejo, El Carrizo, Otatitlan, Las Coloradas, La Nonte, El Cajon, La Mesa del Rodeo, El Durazno, la Alameda, santa jetrudis,el tecuan