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Tepehuanes is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. [1] It is located in the North West of Durango at 25°12'"-26°25'"N 105°23'"-106°40'"W, at an elevation of about 1,830 meters (6000 feet). The municipal seat is at Santa Catarina de Tepehuanes.
Places in Mexico called La Purísima: La Purísima, Durango (Tepehuanes Municipality) La Purísima, Guanajuato (Tarandacuao Municipality) La Purísima, Jalisco; See also
Norberto Rivera Carrera was born in La Purísima, a small town in Tepehuanes Municipality, to Ramón Rivera Cháidez and Soledad Carrera; he has a sister who is a nun. His father immigrated to the United States to support the family. Rivera entered the seminary of Durango in 1955.
City State Code Ref. Chametla: Baja California Sur: 612: El Centenario: Baja California Sur: 612: El Pescadero: Baja California Sur: 612: El Sargento: Baja California Sur
In 1622 it was mentioned that the monastery of Cuencame's Saint Anthony was under control of Friar Francis Santos. Afterward, the name was modified to Purisima Concepción. Maybe to distinguish from others in Durango. [2] The Franciscans arrived at this place in 1583, although it is possible that they abandoned the region at a later time.
In 1540, a church in honor of the Virgen de la Purísima Concepción was begun and it was built upon until 1650. It was expanded between 1758 and 1760. Another tower was added in 1850 and it was elevated to Catedral de Campeche in 1895 during the establishment of the Diocese of Campeche. Catedral de Campeche
Other sources tell that in the beginning the name was "Real de Álamos de la Purísima Concepción de los Catorce" (Real de Alamos of the Immaculate Conception of the Fourteen). Although a 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.
1.4 Ecclesiastical province of Durango. 1.5 Ecclesiastical province of ... The seat of the Archdiocese of León is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz.