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Los Angeles: San Jose de Buenos Ayres: 1843 Manuel Micheltorena: Maximo Alanis 4,438 acres (1,796 ha) 305 SD Westwood: Los Angeles: La Tajauta: 1843 Manuel Micheltorena: Anastasio Avila: 3,559 acres (1,440 ha) 354 SD Watts, Willowbrook: Los Angeles: La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera: 1843 Manuel Micheltorena: Vicente Sanchez 4,219 acres (1,707 ha ...
The Republic of Baja California and Republic of Sonora – proclaimed by the American William Walker in 1854, were never more than a declaration and are not shown on maps. The following maps do not show the separation of Zacatecas (in 1835) and Tabasco (in 1841–1842), which never became independent republics and were never proclaimed as such ...
El Pino (English: The Pine Tree) is a large bunya pine located on the southeastern corner of Folsom Street and N. Indiana Street in East Los Angeles, California. The tree overlooks the Wellington Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles and the Boyle Heights neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles from atop a small hill.
The Mapimí Silent Zone (Spanish: La Zona del Silencio) is the popular name for a desert patch near the Bolsón de Mapimí in Durango, Mexico, overlapping the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve. It is the subject of an urban legend that claims it is an area where radio signals and any type of communications cannot be received. [1] [2] [3]
Rancho Las Ciénegas was a 4,439-acre (17.96 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1823 to Francisco Avila by Governor Luis Antonio Argüello. [1] " La Ciénega" is derived from the Spanish word ciénega , which means swamp or marshland and refers to the natural springs and wetlands in the area between ...
Although not formally a state, Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México), the capital city of United Mexican States and formerly designed as the Federal District (Spanish: Distrito Federal), has been made a separate federative entity that has autonomy on par with the states since a constitutional amendment in 2016.
This extinct volcano rises 4,690 masl, making it the fourth highest peak in Mexico. At the top is a very large crater that contains two lakes called the Laguna del Sol and the Laguna de la Luna. The volcano and its immediate surroundings are part of the Nevado de Toluca National Park and the Los Venado National Park. [43] [44]
Map of La Huasteca in Mexico.. La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato.