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First constitutionally elected President of Mexico, and the only President who completed his full term in almost 30 years of independent Mexico. [9] 2: Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831) 1 April 1829 17 December 1829 260 days Liberal Party: Anastasio Bustamante: He was appointed by Congress after the "resignation" of president-elect Manuel Gómez ...
Post-Captain George Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər /; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what became the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
After taking charge as head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum went to the Teatro de la Ciudad to present her cabinet. Sheinbaum with president Andrés Manuel López Obrador in late 2019. On 5 December 2018, Sheinbaum was inaugurated as Mexico City's head of government. She became the first elected female head of government and the first to come ...
Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,000/sq mi), [6] and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not ...
The state is named after its capital city, Puebla City. The state name is from the verb poblar: Querétaro: Purépecha: Crettaro "Juego de pelota" or "cañada". [7] The state is named after its capital city, Querétaro City. Quintana Roo: Spanish/Galician-Portuguese: Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, a hero from the War of Independence. San ...
President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed using the 17th-century name in response to President-elect Donald Trump's comment he'd try to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
One of the perks of being president of the United States is that many things are later named in your honor -- schools, libraries, even entire cities. And among the most common things to name after ...
Named after Gassy Jack, Gastown was Vancouver's first downtown core. A former river pilot, John (Jack) Deighton, set up a small (24' x 12') saloon on the beach about a mile west of the sawmill in 1867 where mill property and its "dry" policies ended. His place was popular and a well-worn trail between the mill and saloon was soon established ...