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Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango. The town is located approximately 53 mi (85 km) east of the city center of Culiacán, Sinaloa, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The Tamazula River crescents directly north of the city.
Colloquially known as Tamazula, its official name is Tamazula de Victoria after the first president of Mexico's adopted last name was added. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, and his brother Francisco Victoria were born in Tamazula. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337
History
In the seventeenth century, Jesuit missionaries founded Mission San Ignacio de Tamazula.
Villages
The municipal subdivisions of Tamazula are:
Amaculi
Los Remedios
El Chicural
El Cocoyole
Chacala
El Llano
El Comedero
Las Juntas
Las Quebradas
El Río
Pueblo Viejo
El Carrizo
Otatitlán
Las Coloradas
Santa Elena
El Cajón
La Mesa del Rodeo
El Durazno
La Alameda
Santa Gertrudis
El Tecuán
Santa Barbara
Cuesta Blanca
Gallery
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Guadalupe Victoria
- Tamazula de Victoria
- Tamazula
- Guadalupe Victoria
- Tamazula Municipality
- Culiacán
- Area codes in Mexico by code (600–699)
- Francisco Victoria
- Municipalities of Durango
- Mexican Federal Highway 36
- Area code 674 (Mexico)