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City in the Mexican state of Durango Municipal seat and city in Durango, Mexico
Tamazula de Victoria
Municipal seat and city
Official seal of Tamazula de VictoriaSeal
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Coordinates: 24°58′12″N 106°57′56″W / 24.97000°N 106.96556°W / 24.97000; -106.96556
Country Mexico
StateDurango
MunicipalityTamazula
Government
 • Municipal PresidentRicardo Ochoa Beltran
Elevation245 m (804 ft)
Population
 • Total2,337
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postalcode34580
Websitehttp://www.tamazuladgo.gob.mx/index.html

Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango. The town is located approximately 53 mi (85 km) east of the city center of Culiacán, Sinaloa, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The Tamazula River crescents directly north of the city.

Colloquially known as Tamazula, its official name is Tamazula de Victoria after the first president of Mexico's adopted last name was added. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, and his brother Francisco Victoria were born in Tamazula. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337

History

In the seventeenth century, Jesuit missionaries founded Mission San Ignacio de Tamazula.

Villages

The municipal subdivisions of Tamazula are:

  • Amaculi
  • Los Remedios
  • El Chicural
  • El Cocoyole
  • Chacala
  • El Llano
  • El Comedero
  • Las Juntas
  • Las Quebradas
  • El Río
  • Pueblo Viejo
  • El Carrizo
  • Otatitlán
  • Las Coloradas
  • Santa Elena
  • El Cajón
  • La Mesa del Rodeo
  • El Durazno
  • La Alameda
  • Santa Gertrudis
  • El Tecuán
  • Santa Barbara
  • Cuesta Blanca

Gallery

  • Cactus Cardon Guajiro and Corn at Sunset after a summer thunderstorm in Tamazula, Durango Cactus Cardon Guajiro and Corn at Sunset after a summer thunderstorm in Tamazula, Durango
  • Hillside view looking East Hillside view looking East
  • Templo San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church Templo San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church
  • Interior view of San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church altar in 2013 Interior view of San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church altar in 2013
  • 1786 Birthplace and childhood home of Guadalupe Victoria. Now a museum 1786 Birthplace and childhood home of Guadalupe Victoria. Now a museum

References

  1. "Tamazula". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. Deeds, Susan M. (1 August 2003). Defiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians Under Spanish Rule in Nueva Vizcaya. University of Texas Press. pp. 57–58, 161. ISBN 978-0-292-70551-7.

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