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Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casas Grandes has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the purview of INAH and a "Pueblo Mágico" since 2015. [1]
The municipality of Casas Grandes is situated in the northwestern sector of Chihuahua state, the largest state of Mexico by area. (Pueblo de) Casas Grandes, the municipal capital and its most populous localidad (locality or settlement), is approximately 359 kilometres (223 mi) to the northwest of the state's capital, the city of Chihuahua.
Nuevo Casas Grandes is a city and the seat of the Nuevo Casas Grandes Municipality in northern Mexico. It is located in the northwestern part of the state of Chihuahua, on the Casas Grandes or San Miguel river, situated in a wide, fertile valley on the 4,000-foot Mesa del Norte of the Plateau of Mexico. Nearby is the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Casas Grandes is a town located in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat of government for the surrounding Casas Grandes Municipality of the same name. As of 2010, the town of Casas Grandes had a population of 5,256.
Location; Country: Mexico: State: Chihuahua: Physical characteristics; ... The Casas Grandes River is a river of Mexico. See also. List of rivers of Mexico; References
The first Mormon pioneers arrived in Mexico in 1885, founding Colonia Díaz. In 1888, George M. Brown of Provo, Utah, made a deal with German-Mexican Lewis Huller for 73,000 acres (300 km 2) of land north of what was then the Casas Grandes River.
Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. Originally consisted of 26 rooms and three plazas. Cuarenta Casas: Mogollon culture [1] Vallecito: Ruins Complejo Huapoca: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins Cueva de la Olla: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins. Cueva Grande: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins ...
Location of Casas Grandes Municipality in Chihuahua. Nuevo Casas Grandes is a Mexican municipality, located in the state of Chihuahua, northwestern Mexico. The capital and seat of the municipality is the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes, which has the same name as the surrounding municipality. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of ...