Valparaíso, Zacatecas

City in the Mexican state of Zacatecas

City in Zacatecas, Mexico

Valparaíso, Zacatecas

City

Ciudad de Valparaíso[1]

The town square located in front of the mayor's office.

Coat of arms

Nickname:

Spanish: El valle (English: The valley)

Valparaíso, Zacatecas

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Valparaíso, Zacatecas

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Coordinates: 22°46′N 103°34′W﻿ / ﻿22.767°N 103.567°W﻿ / 22.767; -103.567
Country|  Mexico
State| Zacatecas
Foundation| December 8, 1568
Government

• Mayor| Guadalupe Ortiz
Elevation

| 1,890 m (6,200 ft)
Population

(2010)

• Total

| 12 919 [2]
• Demonym

| Valparaisense
Time zone| UTC−6 (CST)
Website| Official website

Valparaíso (Spanish pronunciation: [balpaɾaˈiso]) is a city in the north central Mexican state of Zacatecas.

## Geography

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It is located at 22°46′0″N 103°34′0″W﻿ / ﻿22.76667°N 103.56667°W﻿ / 22.76667; -103.56667 on the interior plateau, 70 mi/113 km E of the city of Zacatecas, at an elevation of 6200 ft/1890m.

## History

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Valparaíso was first a village and then hacienda along with the San Mateo and a few others formed the extensive county of Valparaíso, property of the counts of the same title one of them Don Fernando de la Campa y Cos, was a very rich man also involved in philanthropy building infrastructure for the Catholic Church. Later in 1824, Valparaiso becomes a municipality. On March 13, 1845, Valparaíso was declared a villa and in 1918 it became an independent municipality in accord with the Mexican constitution.[citation needed]

## Economy

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Valparaíso is an agricultural center for corn, wheat, chickpeas, alfalfa, chiles and beef, pork, sheep, and goat.[citation needed]

## Notable people

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* Jesús González Ortega (1822-1881), military and politician
* Manuel Felguérez (b. 1928) sculptor and painter

## Twin towns

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* Hanover Park (Illinois, USA), 2013

## References

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1. ^ i.e.: "City of Valparaíso"
2. ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-23.

## External links

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Media related to Valparaíso at Wikimedia Commons

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* Apozol (Apozol)
* Apulco (Apulco)
* Atolinga (Atolinga)
* Benito Juárez (Florencia de Benito Juárez)
* Calera (Víctor Rosales)
* Cañitas de Felipe Pescador (Cañitas de Felipe Pescador)
* Concepción del Oro (Concepción del Oro)
* Cuauhtémoc (San Pedro Piedra Gorda)
* Chalchihuites (Chalchihuites)
* El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro (El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro)
* El Salvador (El Salvador)
* Fresnillo (Fresnillo)
* Genaro Codina (Genaro Codina)
* General Enrique Estrada (General Enrique Estrada)
* General Francisco R. Murguía (Nieves)
* General Pánfilo Natera (General Pánfilo Natera)
* Guadalupe (Guadalupe)
* Huanusco (Huanusco)
* Jalpa (Jalpa)
* Jerez (Jerez de García Salinas)
* Jiménez del Teul (Jiménez del Teul)
* Juan Aldama (Juan Aldama)
* Juchipila (Juchipila)
* Loreto (Loreto)
* Luis Moya (Luis Moya)
* Mazapil (Mazapil)
* Melchor Ocampo (Melchor Ocampo)
* Mezquital del Oro (Mezquital del Oro)
* Miguel Auza (Miguel Auza)
* Momax (Momax)
* Monte Escobedo (Monte Escobedo)
* Morelos (Morelos)
* Moyahua de Estrada (Moyahua de Estrada)
* Nochistlán de Mejía (Nochistlán de Mejía)
* Noria de Ángeles (Noria de Ángeles)
* Ojocaliente (Ojocaliente)
* Pánuco (Pánuco)
* Pinos (Pinos)
* Río Grande (Río Grande)
* Santa María de la Paz (Santa María de la Paz)
* Saín Alto (Saín Alto)
* Sombrerete (Sombrerete)
* Susticacán (Susticacán)
* Tabasco (Tabasco)
* Tepechitlán (Tepechitlán)
* Tepetongo (Tepetongo)
* Teúl de González Ortega (Teúl de González Ortega)
* Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román (Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román)
* Trancoso (Trancoso)
* Trinidad García de la Cadena (Trinidad García de la Cadena)
* Valparaíso (Valparaíso)
* Vetagrande (Vetagrande)
* Villa de Cos (Villa de Cos)
* Villa García (Villa García)
* Villa González Ortega (Villa González Ortega)
* Villa Hidalgo (Villa Hidalgo)
* Villanueva (Villanueva)
* Zacatecas (Zacatecas)

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