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Ignacio Zaragoza is a city and seat of the municipality of Ignacio Zaragoza, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town of Ignacio Zaragoza had a population of 3,518, [ 1 ] up from 3,190 as of 2005.
Ignacio Zaragoza is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, named after Ignacio Zaragoza. The municipal seat lies at Ignacio Zaragoza town. The municipality covers an area of 2,130.9 km 2. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 6,934, [1] up from 6,631 as of 2005. [2]
Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a Mexican Army officer and politician. He is best known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the second French intervention in Mexico .
According to the 2020 Mexican census, Chihuahua is the 12th most populous state with 3,741,869 inhabitants and the largest by land area spanning 247,798.08 square kilometres (95,675.37 sq mi). [1] [2] Municipalities in Chihuahua are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. [3]
ISO 3166-2, International Organization for Standardization - ISO 3166 Codes Mexico.; ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization.Accessed on line October 21, 2007.
City State Code Ref. Chametla: Baja California Sur: 612: El Centenario: Baja California Sur: 612: El Pescadero: Baja California Sur: 612: El Sargento: Baja California Sur
Ignacio Zaragoza Municipality – Ignacio Zaragoza (1829-1862), general who won the Battle of Puebla; Jiménez Municipality – José Mariano Jiménez (1781-1811), engineer and soldier in the Mexican War of Independence; López Municipality – Octaviano López, a republican soldier killed in the battle of Talamantes on 1860.
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.