Tamazula de Victoria facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Tamazula de Victoria
|
||
---|---|---|
Municipal seat and city
|
||
|
||
Country | Mexico | |
State | Durango | |
Municipality | Tamazula | |
Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) | |
Population
(2010)
|
||
• Total | 2,337 | |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) | |
Postalcode |
34580
|
|
Website | http://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, near the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The town is located about 19 minutes of Culiacán Sinaloa Municipality. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, was born there, hence the name, as well as his brother, Francisco Victoria. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337 The Tamazula River runs directly north of the town.
-
Cactus Cardon Guajiro and Corn at Sunset after a summer thunderstorm in Tamazula, Durango
-
1786 Birthplace and childhood home of Guadalupe Victoria. Now a museum
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
See also
In Spanish: Tamazula de Victoria para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Tamazula de Victoria Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.