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Santa María del Oro is a city and seat of the municipality of El Oro, in the state of Durango, Mexico. [1] As of 2010, the city had a population of 5,878. Many Duranguense groups were born here either members of the band or the band as a whole like Alacranes Musical and Conjunto Atardecer.
Santa María del Oro is a municipality and municipal seat in the Mexican state of Nayarit. It is located in the south of the state and has boundaries with the municipalities of El Nayar, Tepic, Ahuacatlán, Jala, San Pedro Lagunillas, La Yesca, and Xalisco. The population was 21,688 in 2005, with the municipal seat of the same name having 3,314 ...
The town of Santa María de Guadalupe became a political commissaryship subject to Jilotlán de los Dolores. 1938, 28 December. The decree that created the municipality of Manuel M. Diéguez was approved. 1997, 4 February. The decree that changed the name of the municipality of Manuel M. Diéguez to Santa María del Oro was published. 1999. 10 ...
Santa Fe de la Laguna is a Purépecha settlement in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Located 27 kilometers from Patzcuaro, it preserves the culture and customs of the Purépecha people. Pottery is the principal industry and Santa Fe de la Laguna's inhabitants make colorful handmade pieces with a variety of shapes and colors.
The Comarca Lagunera or La Comarca de la Laguna ("region of lagoons") is a region of northern Mexico occupying large portions of the states of Durango and Coahuila, with rich soils produced by periodic flooding of the Nazas and Aguanaval rivers.
In the main altar stands the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, which was possibly brought to the island of Tenerife by the Dominican friar Pedro de Santa María de Ulloa , although there are indications that the sculpture was already on the island in 1558. The image is set in a silver throne of the 18th century.
Since then, the town was named Santa María de Caboan or simply Sta. Maria. The church was destroyed by the 1639 Chinese uprising and was rebuilt in 1669 by José de Jesus María, as well as the rectory. [2] [3] Like the other churches in Laguna, the church of Santa Maria was heavily damaged in the 1880 Luzon earthquakes. [4]
The bridge over the Santa Maria river was begun in 1844, but it was not completed until the French intervention in Mexico. By the year 1853, the town of Santa Maria del Rio had twenty thousand inhabitants. In 1866 telegraph service was instituted, mostly through the efforts of General Tomás Mejía. In May 1914, the town of Santa Maria del Rio ...