Tres Valles
Encyclopedia
Tres Valles is a town and municipality
in the Mexican
state
of Veracruz
, created as a free municipality by decree on November 25, 1988. It is located in the lower reaches of the Papaloapan, and borders the state of Oaxaca
and the towns of Tierra Blanca
and Cosamaloapan
.
The main source of income is agriculture, particularly sugar cane cultivation, but rice, corn, beans, pineapples, sorghum
, and mangoes are also grown here.
, who disappeared for unknown reasons. Later, the area was inhabited by the Totonac, from approximately 500–100 BCE. By the time the Spanish arrived, the area had been conquered by the Mexicans, as with much of the Mesoamerican peoples.
The current municipality of Tres Valles was divided between the jurisdictions of Cosamaloapan and Puctlancingo, but the only people on record within the current limits were the Puctlancingo, located at the confluence of the Amapa
and Tonto
rivers. It is likely that there were other small settlements at the time of conquest. A 1584 map showed a hill with ruins called Quateupan south of the Coapilla creek, near the river Tonto.
sent Gonzalo de Sandoval
to the conquest of the Tuxtepec garrison. Achieving his mission, he subjected the people of the Papaloapan basin to the encomienda
system. Cosamaloapan joined the jurisdiction of the district of Guaspaltepec to form one corregimiento
(township).
In 1600, Tuxtepec and Puctlancingo were added to the congregation of the province Guaspaltepec. That same year, Guaspaltepec was abandoned, its inhabitants were living in Mixtlan, the head priest moved to Chacaltianguis and the fate of the township was in the air. After the disappearance of Guaspaltepec the district came under the power of Cosamaloapan.
In 1786 the Spanish crown ordered the creation of the Municipality of Veracruz. The area remained a Canton until 1917. Consequently, the municipality became important for political and administrative organization.
was placed in the city's central park. It seems that during the process of building the monument, the date was established. There's also a document dated November 24, 1939 stating that the founding was "32 years ago," that is, around 1907.
According to historians the settlement has existed since at least 1900, when a camp was created for builders of the Pacific Veracruz railway
. The only relevant fact pointing to this period is the 1907 arrival of the Martinez family, owners of the land where the town was settled. Perhaps this and other facts have survived in the collective memory and over the passage of time, this has become the year considered the foundation of the community.
In 1924, the first school was established (which now houses the School "March 18") which was directed by Prof. "Nacha", originally from Tierra Blanca, Veracruz. It was built by Ignacio Martinez, who also donated the land.
Also in 1924, Martinez built the first Catholic chapel, in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
. This location is now the Municipal Agency, as the chapel was stripped during the Cristero War
.
The banana boom ended with the plague the Sigatoka fungus
. Soon after came the expropriation
of the three banana companies, decreed by President Lázaro Cárdenas
, which were merged into the "Transcontinental" company.
and between 18 ° 10 '18 25' north latitude, in the region of Papalopan, between the state of Oaxaca and the towns of Tierra Blanca and Cosamaloapan.
and Tonto
, followed in importance by the Hondo, Mondongo, the Coyote, Zapote, and Jobo.
(94 090) and Cosamaloapan
(57 336).
Its population centres include:
consisting of five council members: two elected by a relative majority and three by proportional representation
.
The current mayor, Dr. Calros Alberto Cordova Morales, started office on January 1, 2011, representing theational Action Party (Mexico) | National Action Party].
. The current representative is Elena Aguirre Zamorano of PRI.
passing through is Highway 145, which connects La Tinaja, Ciudad Alemán, and Sayula. The entire route is a paved two-lane road, crossing through some important towns such as La Granja, Three Valleys and Novara. On this road are the municipality's main industries: the sugar, and paper mills
, the pork processor
and rice fields.
• Tres Valles – Los Naranjos Road, with a paved stretch from Tres Valles to Loma San Juan.
• Loma San Juan – Los Naranjos Road, two-laned dirt road.
Road, two-laned and paved.
•April: Carnival
•November 20: Feast of Christ the King
•Last week of November: Agricultural, Livestock, Cultural and Industrial Fair.
Born in 1884 and died in 1966. Son of Dona Refugio Gutierrez Gil and Jesús Martínez Ochoa, a native of Chavinda
, Michoacán
. Former Tres Valles Municipal Agent. When smallpox
lashed the region, he founded the school which would later be called "March 18". He married Dona Trinidad Hernández Huerta of Tehuacan
, Puebla
on May 25, 1906, in the parish of San Juan Bautista, San Juan de la Punta, now Cuitlahuac
. From there they moved to the Tres Valles area, taking possession of 2500 acres (10.1 km²) of land, where he created a plantation
and founded Tres Valles. He had several sons and daughters, some of whom chose the priesthood, including Father Jesus ( Otatitlán pastor for many years), Ignacio (Brother Marist) and Father Gabriel Martinez (pastor of Tres Valles).
Gabriel Martínez Hernández
Born on January 6, 1921, known as Father Gabriel.
At an early age he went to study at a boarding school
with his older brothers at a Marist
College in Tlalpan, Mexico, where he heard the call of God at 13 years, thereby going to a seminary
in 1933. He was ordained priest in the parish of San Miguel de Orizaba, Veracruz, on March 25, 1944, and was sent to service the ministry entrusted to him, the people of Naolinco, Veracruz, where he spent two and a half years.
Subsequently appointed by the bishop as the Vicar
of Tres Valles on September 21, 1946. He came to the city as a spiritual father on 22 October of that year. Conditions for undertaking the mission of evangelization
in the town of Tres Valles were unfavorable, because the authorities in times of religious persecution were given the task of abolishing the faith of the people. The people themselves were excited to have a spiritual guide. Tres Valles only had a rustic chapel in the outskirts of the city, so there was the need to erect a chapel in a central location. This was built on December 5, 1976, on the land opposite the park.
Francisco Sánchez Contreras
Born in Tres Valles on September 23, 1938. With a degree in Law from the University of Veracruz. In 1963 he served as a promoter of civic activities of the Department of Social Action. In 1969 was appointed Organising Secretary of the CDE, PRI.
He has published several articles on socio-political topics. On February 16, 1987 he served as Secretary of the Joint Land Commission. He died on May 30, 2011 in Xalapa, Veracruz.
Ignacio Villaseñor Arano
Born in Tres Valles on December 6, 1942. With degrees in International Relations from UNAM
and the Catholic University of Leuven
. In 1973 he became Deputy Director General of the Foreign Service, and in 1976 he became the Deputy Director General of Foreign Service and Director of the Mexican Embassy in Britain in 1977. He became Managing Director of Regional Organizations in 1979. In 1982 he was minister and charge d'affaires in the U.S. and then Senior Director for Bilateral Affairs, and became Ambassador to Ecuador
in 1989. He has been decorated by many countries.
, using sugarcane as the basic raw material.
.The sugar industry is the most important generator of jobs in the local economy, and the main source of income for at least 14 000 people.
are the major producers of rice. Tres Valles is the largest producer of rice in the state of Veracruz and the first nationally.
Monuments include: a statue of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a bust of Benito Juárez
, the "Father of the Americas," a bust of Emiliano Zapata
, and a monument dedicated to mothers.
with both fresh and red sauce, pudding, coconut candies, sweet cocoa, rice, dumplings, and stuffed plantains.
Municipalities of Veracruz
The Mexican state of Veracruz is subdivided into 212 municipalities :-External links:* *...
in the Mexican
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...
state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
, created as a free municipality by decree on November 25, 1988. It is located in the lower reaches of the Papaloapan, and borders the state of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
and the towns of Tierra Blanca
Tierra Blanca, Veracruz
Tierra Blanca is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the south-central part of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. At the 2005 census the city had a population of 44,171 inhabitants. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which has an area of...
and Cosamaloapan
Cosamaloapan
Cosamaloapan is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 240 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at ....
.
The main source of income is agriculture, particularly sugar cane cultivation, but rice, corn, beans, pineapples, sorghum
Sorghum
Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents...
, and mangoes are also grown here.
Etymology
The historical origin of the name Three Valleys is uncertain, but the generally accepted version is that is was named after three valleys in the region: Valle Nacional, the Valley of Tesechoacán (currently José Azueta) and Playa Vicente. The earliest known version of the "Three Valleys" dates from 1962.Prehispanic Era
This area of the lower Papaloapan was populated primarily by the OlmecOlmec
The Olmec were the first major Pre-Columbian civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco....
, who disappeared for unknown reasons. Later, the area was inhabited by the Totonac, from approximately 500–100 BCE. By the time the Spanish arrived, the area had been conquered by the Mexicans, as with much of the Mesoamerican peoples.
The current municipality of Tres Valles was divided between the jurisdictions of Cosamaloapan and Puctlancingo, but the only people on record within the current limits were the Puctlancingo, located at the confluence of the Amapa
Amapa River
-References:*Atlas of Mexico, 1975 .*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
and Tonto
Tonto River
The Tonto River is a river of Oaxaca, Mexico that flows from the mountains of Zongolica. It is dammed by the Miguel Alemán Dam near the town of Temascal or Nuevo Soyaltepec, forming the Miguel Alemán Lake....
rivers. It is likely that there were other small settlements at the time of conquest. A 1584 map showed a hill with ruins called Quateupan south of the Coapilla creek, near the river Tonto.
Colonial Period
After the fall of Tenochtitlan, CortésHernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
sent Gonzalo de Sandoval
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Gonzalo de Sandoval was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernan Cortés was away from the capital .-Arrival in New Spain:Sandoval was the youngest of the lieutenants of Cortés. They arrived together in New Spain in 1519...
to the conquest of the Tuxtepec garrison. Achieving his mission, he subjected the people of the Papaloapan basin to the encomienda
Encomienda
The encomienda was a system that was employed mainly by the Spanish crown during the colonization of the Americas to regulate Native American labor....
system. Cosamaloapan joined the jurisdiction of the district of Guaspaltepec to form one corregimiento
Corregimiento
Corregimiento is a term used in Colombia to define a subdivision of Colombian departments. According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and Decree 2274 of October 4, 1991, Corregimiento is an internal part of a Department or province, which includes a population core...
(township).
In 1600, Tuxtepec and Puctlancingo were added to the congregation of the province Guaspaltepec. That same year, Guaspaltepec was abandoned, its inhabitants were living in Mixtlan, the head priest moved to Chacaltianguis and the fate of the township was in the air. After the disappearance of Guaspaltepec the district came under the power of Cosamaloapan.
In 1786 the Spanish crown ordered the creation of the Municipality of Veracruz. The area remained a Canton until 1917. Consequently, the municipality became important for political and administrative organization.
Foundation
November 21, 1907 is considered the founding date of the city of Tres Valles. However, the exact date is unknown. The earliest record with that date in 1982, when a commemorative monument to Miguel HidalgoMiguel Hidalgo
Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.In 1810 Hidalgo led a group of peasants in a revolt against the dominant...
was placed in the city's central park. It seems that during the process of building the monument, the date was established. There's also a document dated November 24, 1939 stating that the founding was "32 years ago," that is, around 1907.
According to historians the settlement has existed since at least 1900, when a camp was created for builders of the Pacific Veracruz railway
Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo
The Ferrocarril de Veracruz al Istmo was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico. Incorporated in West Virginia in 1898 as the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railroad , it built a line from Córdoba to Jesús Carranza on the Tehuantepec National Railway, with a branch from Veracruz to...
. The only relevant fact pointing to this period is the 1907 arrival of the Martinez family, owners of the land where the town was settled. Perhaps this and other facts have survived in the collective memory and over the passage of time, this has become the year considered the foundation of the community.
Post-Revolutionary Era
In 1921, Three Valleys had a population of 791 persons (399 men and 392 women).In 1924, the first school was established (which now houses the School "March 18") which was directed by Prof. "Nacha", originally from Tierra Blanca, Veracruz. It was built by Ignacio Martinez, who also donated the land.
Also in 1924, Martinez built the first Catholic chapel, in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe , also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady...
. This location is now the Municipal Agency, as the chapel was stripped during the Cristero War
Cristero War
The Cristero War of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and counter-revolution against the Mexican government in power at that time. The rebellion was set off by the strict enforcement of the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the expansion of further anti-clerical laws...
.
The banana boom ended with the plague the Sigatoka fungus
Black sigatoka
Black Sigatoka is a leaf spot disease of banana plants caused by ascomycete fungusMycosphaerella fijiensis . Plants with leaves damaged by the disease may have up to 50% lower yield of fruit...
. Soon after came the expropriation
Nationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
of the three banana companies, decreed by President Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...
, which were merged into the "Transcontinental" company.
Geography
| Geographical Maps of Tres Valles | |
| hidrología | Climas |
Location
The municipal territory covers an area of approximately 378.1km2, and is located in the south-central area of Veracruz, bounded by 96 ° 01 'and 96 ° 18' west of GreenwichGreenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
and between 18 ° 10 '18 25' north latitude, in the region of Papalopan, between the state of Oaxaca and the towns of Tierra Blanca and Cosamaloapan.
Hydrography
The main rivers are the AmapaAmapa River
-References:*Atlas of Mexico, 1975 .*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
and Tonto
Tonto River
The Tonto River is a river of Oaxaca, Mexico that flows from the mountains of Zongolica. It is dammed by the Miguel Alemán Dam near the town of Temascal or Nuevo Soyaltepec, forming the Miguel Alemán Lake....
, followed in importance by the Hondo, Mondongo, the Coyote, Zapote, and Jobo.
Climate
Tres Valles has a warm humid climate, with winter rainfall makingup less than 5% of the annual rainfall. The rainy season is in autumn, and June is the hottest month of the year. There is no weather station in the municipality, and the nearest station is in located in Ciudad Alemán.Demographics
Tres Valles is one of th most populated municipalities in the region, behind only Tierra BlancaTierra Blanca, Veracruz
Tierra Blanca is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the south-central part of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. At the 2005 census the city had a population of 44,171 inhabitants. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality, which has an area of...
(94 090) and Cosamaloapan
Cosamaloapan
Cosamaloapan is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 240 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at ....
(57 336).
Its population centres include:
| Population Centres | |||
| Population Centre | Coordinates | Population 2005 | Distance from municipal seat(km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tres Valles | 18°14′00"N 96°08′00"W | 16030 | 0 |
| Los Naranjos | 18°21′14"N 96°09′59"W | 3444 | 13 |
| Novara | 18°12′00"N 96°06′32"W | 2650 | 5 |
| Poblado 3 | 18°17′24"N 96°05′33"W | 2186 | 7 |
| Col. Obrera | 18°15′24"N 96°09′42"W | 1821 | 3 |
| Sources: INEGI | |||
Ethnic Groups
According to the results of Population and Housing Census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in 2010, the population over three years in the municipality of Tres Valles is 42 846 inhabitants, of which 3364 belong to an [Indigenous peoples of Mexico | indigenous group] , being speakers of any dialect. This represents 7.85% of the population.| Dialect | Speakers | Males | Females |
| Chinantecan | 1989 | 895 | 1094 |
| Mazatecan Mazatecan languages The Mazatecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages spoken by some 200,000 people in the area known as La Sierra Mazateca, which located in the Northern part of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, as well as in adjacent areas of the states of Puebla and Veracruz... |
804 | 398 | 406 |
| Zapotec | 48 | 22 | 26 |
| 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... |
35 | 17 | 18 |
| Mixtecan Mixtecan languages The Mixtec language, actually multiple languages, belong to Otomanguean language family of Mexico, and are closely related to the Trique and Cuicatec languages. They are spoken by over half a million people. Identifying how many Mixtec languages there are in this complex dialect continuum poses... |
27 | 10 | 17 |
| Mayan Mayan languages The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras... |
6 | 6 | 0 |
| Cuicatec | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ixcatec Ixcatec language Ixcatec, also known as Xwja, is a language spoken by the people of the Mexican village of Santa María Ixcatlan, in the northern part of the state of Oaxaca... |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| Popoluca Popoluca Popoluca is a Nahuatl term for various indigenous peoples of southeastern Veracruz and Oaxaca. Many of them speak languages of the Mixe–Zoque family... |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| Huave Huave language Huave is a language isolate spoken by the indigenous Huave people on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The language is spoken in four villages on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the southeast of the state, by around 18,000 people... |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| None Specified | 43 | 23 | 20 |
| Total | 2960 | 1375 | 1585 |
Municipal administration
The Three Valleys government consists of a mayor, a trustee, and a councilMunicipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
consisting of five council members: two elected by a relative majority and three by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
.
The current mayor, Dr. Calros Alberto Cordova Morales, started office on January 1, 2011, representing theational Action Party (Mexico) | National Action Party].
| Period | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1991 | Fernando Cano Cano | CM |
| 1992–1994 | Pedro Aguilar Ibáñez | PRI |
| 1995–1997 | Helen B. Fernández López | PPS Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Popular Socialist Party of Mexico is a Communist Party in Mexico, formed in 1997 after a split from the Popular Socialist Party .Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo is the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party, Juan Campos Vega is the Second Secretary... |
| 1998–2000 | Francisco Ochoa Cortés | PRI |
| 2001–2004 | Valentín Reyes López | Coal. Political coalition A political coalition or political alliance is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of... PT-PRD |
| 2005–2007 | Adriana Loreto Leal Zatarain | Coal. Political coalition A political coalition or political alliance is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of... PRD-PT -Convergence Convergence (Mexico) Convergence is a political party in Mexico. It was previously known as Convergence for Democracy but the party assembly decided, in August 2002, to adopt the shorter form of its name.Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997... |
| 2008–2010 | Juan Manuel Maus Martínez | Coal. Political coalition A political coalition or political alliance is an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on common political agenda, often for purposes of contesting an election to mutually benefit by collectively clearing election thresholds or otherwise benefiting from characteristics of... PRI-PVEM |
State
The municipality is located in the 18th Electoral District of Veracruz with headquarters in the city of CosamaloapanCosamaloapan
Cosamaloapan is a municipality located in the plains of the Sotavento zone in the central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 240 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 323.26 km2. It is located at ....
. The current representative is Elena Aguirre Zamorano of PRI.
Federal
In the 17th Electoral District of Veracruz, headquartered in Cosamaloapan, the representative is José Luis Álvarez Martínez of PRI.Highways
The municipal area has many roads, both paved and gravel, used for intra- and inter- municipality travel.Federal
The main federal roadMexican Federal Highway
Mexican Federal Highways, are roads maintained and built by the federal government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation ....
passing through is Highway 145, which connects La Tinaja, Ciudad Alemán, and Sayula. The entire route is a paved two-lane road, crossing through some important towns such as La Granja, Three Valleys and Novara. On this road are the municipality's main industries: the sugar, and paper mills
Paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier machine or other type of paper machine.- History :...
, the pork processor
Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...
and rice fields.
State
• Tres Valles – Poblado 3 Road, two lanes and paved.• Tres Valles – Los Naranjos Road, with a paved stretch from Tres Valles to Loma San Juan.
• Loma San Juan – Los Naranjos Road, two-laned dirt road.
Interstate
• La Granja – TemascalTemascal or Nuevo Soyaltepec
Temascal or Nuevo Soyaltepec is the main town and seat of San Miguel Soyaltepec a municipality in the state of Oaxaca.It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region....
Road, two-laned and paved.
Popular Festivals
•Last week of March and beginning of April: The Festival of Flowers•April: Carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
•November 20: Feast of Christ the King
Feast of Christ the King
The Feast of Christ the King is the last holy Sunday in the western liturgical calendar, celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church as well as many Anglicans, Lutherans, and other Mainline Protestants.-Origin and history in the Catholic Church:Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the...
•Last week of November: Agricultural, Livestock, Cultural and Industrial Fair.
Notable People
Ignacio Martínez GutiérrezBorn in 1884 and died in 1966. Son of Dona Refugio Gutierrez Gil and Jesús Martínez Ochoa, a native of Chavinda
Chavinda
Chavinda, which means "place of four winds" in the Purepecha language, is a small town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located at an elevation of 5150 ft, about three hours' drive from Morelia and Guadalajara. The estimated population is about 15,000 people.Chavinda is the municipal seat...
, Michoacán
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
. Former Tres Valles Municipal Agent. When smallpox
Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...
lashed the region, he founded the school which would later be called "March 18". He married Dona Trinidad Hernández Huerta of Tehuacan
Tehuacán
Tehuacán is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Puebla, nestled in the Southeast Valley of Tehuacán, bordering the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. The 2010 census reported a population of 248,716 in the city and 274,906 in its surrounding municipality of the same name, of which it serves...
, Puebla
Puebla
Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
on May 25, 1906, in the parish of San Juan Bautista, San Juan de la Punta, now Cuitlahuac
Cuitláhuac, Veracruz
Cuitláhuac is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is named after Cuitláhuac, the 10th tlatoani of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint .- External links :...
. From there they moved to the Tres Valles area, taking possession of 2500 acres (10.1 km²) of land, where he created a plantation
Plantation
A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...
and founded Tres Valles. He had several sons and daughters, some of whom chose the priesthood, including Father Jesus ( Otatitlán pastor for many years), Ignacio (Brother Marist) and Father Gabriel Martinez (pastor of Tres Valles).
Gabriel Martínez Hernández
Born on January 6, 1921, known as Father Gabriel.
At an early age he went to study at a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
with his older brothers at a Marist
Society of Mary (Marists)
The Society of Mary , is a Roman Catholic religious congregation or order, founded by Father Jean-Claude Colin and a group of other seminarians in France in 1816...
College in Tlalpan, Mexico, where he heard the call of God at 13 years, thereby going to a seminary
Seminary
A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
in 1933. He was ordained priest in the parish of San Miguel de Orizaba, Veracruz, on March 25, 1944, and was sent to service the ministry entrusted to him, the people of Naolinco, Veracruz, where he spent two and a half years.
Subsequently appointed by the bishop as the Vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
of Tres Valles on September 21, 1946. He came to the city as a spiritual father on 22 October of that year. Conditions for undertaking the mission of evangelization
Evangelization
Evangelization is that process in the Christian religion which seeks to spread the Gospel and the knowledge of the Gospel throughout the world. It can be defined as so:-The birth of Christian evangelization:...
in the town of Tres Valles were unfavorable, because the authorities in times of religious persecution were given the task of abolishing the faith of the people. The people themselves were excited to have a spiritual guide. Tres Valles only had a rustic chapel in the outskirts of the city, so there was the need to erect a chapel in a central location. This was built on December 5, 1976, on the land opposite the park.
Francisco Sánchez Contreras
Born in Tres Valles on September 23, 1938. With a degree in Law from the University of Veracruz. In 1963 he served as a promoter of civic activities of the Department of Social Action. In 1969 was appointed Organising Secretary of the CDE, PRI.
He has published several articles on socio-political topics. On February 16, 1987 he served as Secretary of the Joint Land Commission. He died on May 30, 2011 in Xalapa, Veracruz.
Ignacio Villaseñor Arano
Born in Tres Valles on December 6, 1942. With degrees in International Relations from UNAM
Unam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
and the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
. In 1973 he became Deputy Director General of the Foreign Service, and in 1976 he became the Deputy Director General of Foreign Service and Director of the Mexican Embassy in Britain in 1977. He became Managing Director of Regional Organizations in 1979. In 1982 he was minister and charge d'affaires in the U.S. and then Senior Director for Bilateral Affairs, and became Ambassador to Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
in 1989. He has been decorated by many countries.
Sugar Mill
The Tres Valles sugar mill was built by the Federal Government in 1978 to meet the requirements of refined sugar in the production of soft drinks. It has been operated since 1988 by PIASA and has a milling capacity of approximately 11 000 tons of cane a day, generating more than 1500 tons of sugar per 24 hours.Pulp and Paper
On June 22, 1972, saw the creation of Papel Periódico on the instructions of then-president of Mexico, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, for the manufacture of newsprintNewsprint
Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper most commonly used to print newspapers, and other publications and advertising material. It usually has an off-white cast and distinctive feel. It is designed for use in printing presses that employ a long web of paper rather than individual sheets of...
, using sugarcane as the basic raw material.
Sugarcane
Tres Valles is the largest producer of sugarcane in the state and the fifth largest nationally. According to SAGARPA. In 2009, 28 000 hectares were under cultivation with 24 000 being crushed by the Tres Valles millMill (grinding)
A grinding mill is a unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces. There are many different types of grinding mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically mills were powered by hand , working animal , wind or water...
.The sugar industry is the most important generator of jobs in the local economy, and the main source of income for at least 14 000 people.
Rice
Within Mexico, Veracruz and CampecheCampeche
Campeche is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in Southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west...
are the major producers of rice. Tres Valles is the largest producer of rice in the state of Veracruz and the first nationally.
Other
As an extremely fertile municipality, there are many agricultural products grown for personal consumption or for sale. These include:| State Position | Product | Area under cultivation Hectares | Production Tonne Tonne The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI... s | Value Mexican Peso Mexican peso The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most... s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Corn | 1 330.00 | 2940.00 | 5 810 880 |
| 7 | Sorghum Sorghum Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents... |
750.00 | 2100.00 | 3 150 000 |
| 9 | Pineapples | 30.00 | 1245.00 | 3 703 880 |
Tourism
The most important buildings are the Three Valleys Municipal Palace (built after 1988) and the parish church of Christ the King.Monuments include: a statue of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a bust of Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...
, the "Father of the Americas," a bust of Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...
, and a monument dedicated to mothers.
Gastronomy
Tres Valles has extensive gastronomic heritage, which over the years has been enriched by the influence of the Chinantec and Mazatec people who have settled in this county. Delicacies include: the corn tamaleTamale
A tamale — or more correctly tamal — is a traditional Latin American dish made of masa , which is steamed or boiled in a leaf wrapper. The wrapping is discarded before eating...
with both fresh and red sauce, pudding, coconut candies, sweet cocoa, rice, dumplings, and stuffed plantains.