Vicente Guerrero (Durango)
Vicente Guerrero is a municipality in the southeast of the state of Durango, Mexico, whose capital is also called Vicente Guerrero city.
It is bordered by the municipalities: Poanas (to the north), Nombre de Dios (to the west) and Súchil (to the south). To the east it borders the community of Villa Insurgentes belonging to the Municipality of Sombrerete, in the state of Zacatecas.
Nomenclature
Name
Vincent Guerrero.
Toponymy
The Count of Súchil founded a cattle ranch that bore the name of "Muleros" in honor of its illustrious founder, until the year 1923 when its political category was elevated to Municipal Head of Súchil, at the same time that it was renamed "Muleros" by that of Villa Gral. Vicente Guerrero. The municipality of Vicente Guerrero, was the head of the municipality of Súchil for 30 years, but in 1952, it was divided into two that took the name of one of Súchil and the other of Vicente Guerrero, according to decree number 23, of November 11, 1952, published in the Official Newspaper number 39, of November 13, 1952.
Shield
Commonly, muleteers with mules have been used in various municipal administrations, in the official paper allusion is made to the reason for the founding of the municipal seat, because it was founded by muleteers who cared for mules in that place and from there the name of Muleros to the town that today is Ciudad Vicente Guerrero.
Geography
- Altitude: 1943 meters.
- Latitude: 23° 45' 00" N
- Length: 103° 58' 59" O
Formerly known as a town of muleteers, probably because at that time mule carts passed by and stopped to drink water from a waterwheel. The climate is dry semi-warm with rain in summer and dry winter with frost. The last time it snowed was December 12, 1997.
The municipality of Vicente Guerrero is located in the southeast of the State of Durango, at coordinates 23º44'03'' north latitude and 103º59'12'' west longitude, at an altitude of 1,950 meters above sea level. It limits to the north with the municipality of Poanas, to the south with that of Súchil, to the west with that of Nombre de Dios and to the east with the State of Zacatecas and the community of Villa Insurgentes, Sombrerete, Zacatecas. It is divided into 17 towns, the most important are: Graceros and Vicente Guerrero.
Extension
It has 402.24 square kilometers, is located in the plain of Nombre de Dios and only the Sierra de Michis breaks it in part.
Orography
Cumbre Prominent is the small mountain range that rises in the eastern portion of the Nombre de Dios plain, limiting the fluvial valley of the Río Súchil. Its name comes from the old legend of the sacrifice of the last survivors of the Michi tribe.
Hydrography
The San Antonio and Chalchiuite rivers, which join near the town of Súchil, run through the Nombre de Dios plain, passing through the Mortero hacienda and the town of Vicente Guerrero, from where, in parallel, they converge in the Graceros River. The waters of the aforementioned rivers merge in times of flooding and definitively come together on the land of the San Quintín hacienda, where they meet the Poanas River, and together they reach the Tunal River, in the municipality of Nombre de Dios.
Climate
The municipality has a temperate sub-humid climate. The average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and an average annual rainfall of 500 to 600 mm, with a rainy season in the months of June, July and August; presenting the first frost in the month of October and the last in March.
Main ecosystems
Vegetation is sparse in the municipality. As for the fauna, there are deer, wild turkey, fox, rabbit and hare in this region.
Characteristics and land use
The composition of the soil corresponds to the castoñozem type. Most of the land is used for agriculture, and land ownership mostly corresponds to private and communal property.
History
Creation of the Municipality of Vicente Guerrero
From 1923 to the end of 1952, already with the category of town of Vicente Guerrero, it was the head of the municipality of Súchil, but there were still disagreements between the inhabitants of Vicente Guerrero and the town of Súchil. The Governor of the State, Enrique Torres Sánchez, in order to avoid disagreements between these two towns, decided that they will become independent since the two towns requested it. This decision was made in March 1952, at a meal offered to the governor at the "ojo de agua" on the occasion of the inauguration of the Súchil drinking water system, where the request was presented. On November 11, 1952, Decree no. 23, by which the territory of the municipality of Súchil is divided into two municipalities, forming those of Vicente Guerrero and Súchil, with their municipal seats that bear the same name. The aforementioned decree took effect as of January 1, 1953, the date on which C. Francisco Sánchez Núñez took over the Presidency of the Provisional Government Board for the Public Administration of the new municipality until the XLIV State Legislature called for elections for the integration and inauguration of the First City Council of the municipality, this happened in the following months and on September 1, 1953, the first president of Vicente Guerrero, Dr. Tomás Domínguez Rodríguez, took office. On May 29, 1975 through Decree no.
History of Vicente Guerrero (Durango)
In the middle of the XVI century the region was visited by Europeans seeking their fortune or persecuting the Chichimecas, who harassed the mining roads of northern Mexico. Finally, Captain Pedro de Ahumada advanced in the Spanish effort to colonize the province, penetrating as far as Avino, subduing the confederate nations of Zacatencos, Guachichiles, and some Tehuan towns of El Mezquital, Peñón Blanco, and Avino. The town was included in the mayor's office of Nombre de Dios, where the Franciscan missionaries settled. For this reason, when Vicente Guerrero separated from Villa de Nueva Vizcaya (1569 and 1611), he remained directly dependent on the viceregal authority. With the uprising of the Tepehuanos (1616) and the escape of the insurgents through El Mezquital, towards the Sierra Nayarina, the south of the territory became restless and the entire province remained in a state of alarm, organizing various expeditions to pursue them. Another important personage of this locality is Don José del Campo Soberón y Larrea (Count of the Valley of Súchil), owner of several haciendas, among them that of the muleteers, being the base of the current establishment that occupies the municipal capital and where people from the entire region since the end of the last century, attracted by the development that has been achieved. In 1920 José Guadalupe Rodríguez formed the ejidal colony, which today bears his name, and the Vicente Guerrero ejido, which three years later received the category of town.
Illustrious people
Leónides Guerrero, Miguel and Arturo Canales, Marcelino Rueda, Florencio Salas, J. Mercedes Rodríguez. All of them participated in the Mexican Revolution.
Epifanio Esparza and Alfredo Salinas. They participated in the 201 squadron in World War II.
Jose Luis Calzada. Internationally recognized painter.
Antonio Puente Ortiz. He made the design with which the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico (El Ixtoc 1) was covered.
Historical timeline
- 1554: Francisco de Ibarra runs through the region, looking for silver mines.
- 1562: Foundation of the village of Name of God, after the subjugation of the tribes of the region by Peter of smoke and Samano.
- 1569: Diego de Colio calls for the audience of Guadalajara the villa of god's name, facing Ibarra, intercedes the virrey and the region is separated from the New Vizcaya, including what now includes Vicente Guerrero.
- 1611: The City of Name of God is restored to the New Vizcaya.
- 1766: The county of the valley of Suchil is established, by royal cédula of 11 June, the hacienda of Muleros remains within the possessions of its owner, Don José del Campo.
- 1824: The Party of the Name of God is established in the Constitution of the nascent State of Durango.
- 1901: In the territorial division, mention is made of the municipality of Súchil, of the party of the Name of God, forming part of that municipality the haciendas and ranches that constitute Vicente Guerrero.
- 1920: José Guadalupe Rodríguez forms the ejido Vicente Guerrero, in Muleros.
- 1923: When the parties disappear, Súchil is an independent municipality, and its capital moves to the former Muleros on February 1, receiving the name of Villa Vicente Guerrero.
- 1952: The decree of 12 November, divides the former municipality of Súchil into two, surging Vicente Guerrero.
- 1952: The first day of the year enters into force the decree of creation of the municipality of Vicente Guerrero, in the midst of the popular winery.
- 1976: It rises to the city category on 8 July.
- 1976: In January, Mexico and 26 more countries officially designated their biosphere reserves in 118 areas. The part that includes the municipality of Vicente Guerrero, about the Valley of Poanas, is included in the area of studies of the reserve of Michilía.
Information on its inhabitants
There are 15,150 inhabitants in the town, of which 7,295 are men and 7,855 are women. The women/men ratio is 1,077. The fertility ratio of the female population is 2.75 children per woman. The percentage of illiteracy among adults is 2.47% (2.15% in men and 2.76% in women) and the level of schooling is 7.89 (8.02 in men and 7.77 in women).
Traditions and customs
Popular Festivals
The commemorative fair e, June 8-15. Festival in honor of San Antonio de Padua, patron of the place, with dances, gunpowder, masses and pilgrimages through the streets of the community
Dances
For the celebration of religious festivals, dances are performed to the saints with a group of matlachines.
Legends
The one that talks about the Noria de la Nación, built by the healer "Niño Anacleto"
Crafts
The most traditional handicrafts in the municipality are piñatas, small rooms for decoration or key rings, root hats, pottery and others.
Gastronomy
The traditional dish that distinguishes the municipality is the roast pork, which is the representative in traditional festivals such as weddings, baptisms, birthdays and in the taquito, a regional tradition that takes place on March 19 and in other religious festivals, this barbecue is accompanied with the also traditional rice and three other soups. The Prof. Virginia Salas has published a traditional cooking recipe book, in which she discloses the typical recipes of the municipality in terms of vigil or Easter dishes, Christmas dishes, snacks for daily use and the aforementioned traditional religious festivals.
Resorts
On the banks of the Súchil and Graceros rivers there are archaeological ruins of human settlements of the Chalchihuita culture, especially near the towns of San José del Molino and San Pedro Alcantar.
Architectural Monuments
The Parish of San Antonio de Padua, in the Baroque style.
Historical Monuments
Commemorative monument of the centenary of the birth of Benito Juárez; monument to the flag built in 1948 and which is currently located in the main square, a monument to Benito Juárez which is located in the Jardín Juárez in the Juárez neighborhood. mother monument,
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