Agua Puerca
Agua Puerca is a small village located in the
mountains of the
Huastec/Pame-Chichimeca
region, about 40 miles (65 km) west of
Ciudad Valles and 130 miles (225 km)
west of the port of
Tampico,
Tamaulipas. Agua Puerca has a
population of about 500 people. Its name
means "Pig Water," because the water used to
be so poor in quality. The town only got
electricity in March 2005, and has yet to
get running water. When the well in the town
is full, people are able to get all of their
water from there. When it is dry, however,
they must walk over an hour away to get
water. The NGO
Tools for Development has been assisting
the people of the town in many ways,
organizing Humanitarian Brigades and the
like.
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Cárdenas
Cárdenas is a municipality and city
in the
state of
San Luis Potosí. The municipality is
located east of the state capital in the
Area Media, the municipality has a height of 1.200 m above
the Tue. It is bordered to the north with
Alaquines, East Tamasopo, South Rayon,
West
Río Verde, and 200 km from the city of
San Luis Potosí with a population of
about 20.000 inhabitants is the second
largest city in the Media Zone. it is 19 km
away from
Alaquines,
San Luis Potosí.
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Cerritos
San Juan de los Cerritos, commonly known
as Cerritos, is a city located in the central part of San
Luis Potosí. It was founded in 1826 by the state's congress.
It is within the mid zone of the state called La Zona Media.
Within its municipality it holds 51 villages. According to
the 2000 census it has 20,703 people; however, it has
experienced tremendous growth within the last five years.
Much of its recent growth can be credited to the
construction of the cement factory, Cemento Moctezuma, just
on the outskirts of the city. During the decades of the
60'and 70's Casa Gloria was the main distributor in the city
of Cerritos. Cerritos is a great place to start a family,
since it is surrounded by natural boundaries and is very
tranquile. Now a days it is expanding its population and
more housing is being built near the outskirts of the city,
Cerritos is growing rapidly and so is its population many
people are moving in from Panama, and South America. Click on
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Matehuala
Matehuala is the fourth-largest city in
San Luis Potosí. It is located at an elevation of about 1500
m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality
of the same name, located in the northern part of the state,
on the border with the southwestern corner of Nuevo León.
The city of Matehuala had a 2005 census population of
70,150, while its municipality's population was 82,726. The
municipality has an area of 1,286.66 km² (496.78 sq mi). Click on
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Real de Catorce
The village of Real de Catorce,
often shortened to Real is located 160 miles northwest of
San Luis Potosi. The village of Real de Catorce sits on the
side of a mountain at more than 2.743 meters (9,000 feet).
It is situated in the Sierra de Catorce Mountain Range, one
of the highest plateaus in Mexico, where the summits may
extend over 10,000 feet. Although the town had been there
for many years, silver was discovered in the local mountains
in 1772 and a few years later in 1779 the village was
officially founded. This once thriving silver mining town
presently has a full time population of under 1,000
residents. Today, its main income comes from tourism.
Several major commercial motion pictures have been filmed in
Real including Bandidas (featuring Salma Hayek and
Penelope Cruz), The Mexican (featuring Brad Pitt and
Julia Roberts), and some scenes of The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre (featuring Humphrey Bogart).
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Rioverde
Rioverde is located in the
south-central part of the state of
San Luis Potosi. It is the fifth-largest city in
the state. The city had a 2005 census
population of 49,183, while the
municipality, of which it serves as
municipal seat, had a population of 85,945
and an areal extent of 3,109.71 km²
(1,200.07 sq mi). The population of its
metropolitan area, which includes the
municipality of
Ciudad Fernández, was 126,997. The
city is well known for its spring, called
Media Luna. The city has been growing faster
in the last four years. Rioverde (Green
River) lives up to its name in its rich
surroundings and round the year pleasant
weather. It is the birth place of singer
Ana Bárbara and composer Amador Ramos. Rioverde is a city with a small town
feel. While strolling on any given evening
you will find housewives sitting outside
their front doors while the little ones play
around them, and young lovers staring into
each others eyes while watchful fathers peer
out the windows. It is in every sense a
family place. The Media Luna, or Half Moon is an old
volcanic crater, filled with crystalline
waters, and is a well known place for
scuba divers who go there to practise in
its warm waters.
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Salinas de Hidalgo
Salinas De Hidalgo,
also known as
Salinas del Peñón Blanco, is a small
town located in the northwestern part of the
state. It is the seat of Salinas
municipality. It attracts a variety of
tourists because of its historical contents,
and quality of being. It is believed that at
one time it used to belong to the colonial
state
Zacatecas, but even today, people still
argue whether it was. It is a state
that is surrounded by ranches and places
that seem of interest because of its mass in
culture, and religious values.
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San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, also called simply San Luis, is the capital of
and most populous city in the
Mexican
state of
San Luis Potosí. At an elevation of 1850
meters (6,070 feet), the city is 300 m
higher than the
U.S. city of
Denver,
Colorado. San Luis Potosí is located
in the central-western part of the state. In
the census of 2005 the city had a population
of 685,934 while the municipality had a
population of 730,950. The municipality has
an area of 1,443.14 km² (557.2 sq mi). The
metropolitan area of
Greater San Luis Potosí, which includes
the neighboring municipality of
Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, had a
population of 957,753.
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Soledad de Graciano Sánchez
Soledad de Graciano Sánchez is the
second-largest city of the state of San Luis Potosí. It lies
adjacent to the east side of the state's capital city of San
Luis Potosí in the west-central part of the state. The city
is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.
The city had a 2005 census population of 215,968, while the
municipality's population was 226,803. The municipality has
an area of 280.95 km² (108.475 sq mi).
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Villa Juárez
Villa Juárez is a city located in the
central part of
San Luis Potosí. It was founded in 1643 as Santa
Gertrudis de Carbonera. In 1928 the name was changed to
Villa Juárez to honor
Benito Juárez, one of México's most admired presidents. Its altitude is 10 meters above sea level. The
municipality extends throughout 18 small villages including
El Granjenal, Palo Seco, and Puerta del Río. Villa Juarez is
surrounded by
Cerritos to the north, Rio Verde to the east and south,
and with
San Nicolás Tolentino to the west. Agriculture made up
most of Villa Juárez's economy. Hot peppers (mainly serrano)
and corn were the major elements of this economy. Lack of
capital to invest in farming has recently declined
production.
Within this municipality there still live indigenous groups of people. This municipality has been a victim of mass migration to the U.S. Most of the remaining habitants are small children, middle-age females, and senior citizens. Several internationally known musical bands have come from this municipality: Grupo Bryndis, Agua Azul, and Vagón Chicano. People that have migrated to the United States of America from Villa Juárez are so proud of their town, that they have founded various organizations and clubs throughout the States to send help to their town. Some of these clubs include: Fundación Villa Juárez de Houston, Texas; Club Social Villa Juárez en Dallas, Texas; Club Social Villa Juárez en Illinois; and Club Social Villa Juárez en Nebraska. There are comments that clubs will form in Gonzáles, Texas and in Atlanta, Georgia. These clubs have made many contributions to Villa Juárez. For example, Fundación Villa Juárez de Houston, Texas took the initiative to construct the Municipal Market (Mercado Municipal). Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Ju%C3%A1rez,_San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD for additional information.
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Xilitla
Xilitla is a
municipality in San Luis Potosí in the Huasteca region of
Mexico. Xilitla is known for its fertile mountains and
springs, which create panoramic landscapes throughout the
municipality. The mountains have also partly shielded
Xilitla from industrialization, helping preserve its
indigenous Nahuatl and Teenek cultures and traditional
agrarian lifestyles. Most of Xilitla's 50,000 residents live
in over 100 comunidades (communities)—rural villages
of several dozen or up to several hundred people known as
campesinos. A few thousand people live in the
municipality seat itself, also named Xilitla.
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