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San Francisco de Conchos is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. [1] The municipal seat lies at San Francisco de Conchos. The municipality covers an area of 1,169.1 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 2,983, [2] up from 2,669 as of 2005. [3]
The name was also given to the inhabitants along its banks, the Conchos Indians. More than 4,000 people from various indigenous communities were at different times brought to live at the Mission San Francisco de Conchos. In 1685, a Spanish presidio was founded at San Francisco de Conchos, in response to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. [1]
Some of the Mixe women of the village of San Juan Cotzocon use back strap looms to weave traditional huipil, rebosos, napkins, table cloths and other textile crafts. [3] The Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region , a cooperative founded in 1982, assists in production and distribution of the local products, notably coffee, under a ...
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San Juan de los Lagos (English: Saint John of the Lakes) is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos ( Nahuatl : Cihuapilli , lit.
Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico San Juan River. Pesquería River. Salinas River; Salado River. Sabinas Hidalgo River; Candela River; Sabinas River; Conchos River. Chuviscar River. Sacramento River; San Pedro River; Florida River. Parral River; Balleza River (San Juan River) San Fernando River (Conchos River) Soto La Marina ...
Valle de Zaragoza was founded on 10 December 1780, as Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Conchos; it later became known as Pilar de Conchos.Its current name, given to it on 28 April 1864, honours General Ignacio Zaragoza and his defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla of 5 May 1862.
The lands located between the existing town of San Francisco de Conchos and the confluence of the Río Concho and Río Florido rivers were explored by Francisco Escárcega on June 12, 1687, at the direction of the Governor of Nueva Vizcaya, Don José de Neyra y Quiroga. In 1740, the site at the confluence of the Río Concho and Río Parral ...