Mapimí, Durango
Mapimí is a ceety an municipal seat o the municipality o Mapimí in the Mexican state o Durango.[1]
Mapimí Founded as Santiago de Mapimí | |
|---|---|
 Butterscotch-colored wulfenite crystals (lairgest 8mm.) wi green mimetite, frae Ojuela Mine near Mapimi. | |
  Mapimí Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°49′59″N 103°50′52″W / 25.83306°N 103.84778°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Durango |
| Municipality | Mapimí |
| Settled | 25 July 1598 |
| Town status | 1777 |
| Elevation | 1300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,765 |
| Postal code | 35200 |
| Area code(s) | 872 |
| Demonym | Mapimiense |
| Website | www.mapimi.gob.mx |
As o the 1995 INEGI census, the population o the ceety wis 4,765.[2]
The Ojuela Mine, aboot 3 km. sootheast o Mapimí, is a famous locality for mineral specimens, especially adamite.[3]
See an aw
eedit- Mapimí Silent Zone, an allegit aurie o radio silence locatit in the region.
References
eedit- ↑ "Mapimí". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ↑ "Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER)". INEGI. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ↑ Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango
Freemit airtins
eedit- Municipality o Mapimí Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (on offeecial steid o the State o Durango)
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Ojuela Mine. |