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The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI from its former name in Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information of the country. [1]
Nuevo Portil beach, Huelva. The Costa de la Luz has a history that dates back to the twelfth century BCE. Cultural attractions include Baelo Claudia, the well-preserved ruins of a small Roman city; Cape Trafalgar, where, in 1805, in sight of this promontory, the English admiral, Horatio Nelson, defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet; and La Rábida Monastery.
The Spanish expedition of Nuño de Guzmán reached Navito in 1531 and founded the settlement of San Miguel nearby, although they soon moved their settlement to present-day Culiacán. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 1856, Joaquín Redo y Balmaceda [ es ] and his wife Alejandra de la Vega acquired lands around Navito, where they built a textile factory named El ...
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
Nostalgia for the Light (Spanish: Nostalgia de la luz) is a 2010 documentary film by Patricio Guzmán to address the lasting impacts of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. [2] ...
San Luis Río Colorado is a city and also the name of its surrounding municipality in the state of Sonora, Mexico.In the 2020 census, the city had a population of 176,685. [1]
Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS; Spanish: Instituto Mexicano del Sonido — IMS) is an electronic music project created by Mexico City-based DJ and producer Camilo Lara. [1] Along with groups like Nortec Collective and Kinky , M.I.S. is part of a growing Mexican electronica movement, encouraging fusions of folk and more traditional music with ...
Location of the Yoro department. The lluvia de peces (lit. ' rain of fish '), also known as aguacero de pescado (lit. ' downpour of fish '), [1] [2] a form of rain of animals, is a phenomenon that has been occurring yearly for more than a century in Yoro, Honduras, in which fish are said to fall from the sky.