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{| bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=right border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:10px;width:30%"
|+ '''Torreón'''
|-
| colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF | [[Image:EscudoTorreon.jpg]]<br>[[Coat of arms]]
|-
| Foundation date
| [[September 25]], [[1893]]
|-
| [[Population]]
| 577,477 (Municipality)<ref>[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx?s=est&c=10215 INEGI - Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005 (Population Census)]</ref>
|-
| [[Metropolitan Area]]
| 1,110,000
|-
| [[Altitude]]
| 1,120 meters (3,674 ft)
|-
| [[Latitude]]
| 25° 32' North
|-
| [[Longitude]]
| 103° 26' West
|-
| [[Extension]]
| 1,947.7 km² (752 mi²)
|-
| [[UTC]]
| &ndash;6 GMT (Central Time)
|-
| [[Telephone]] area code
| +52 (Country) 871 (City)
|-
| [[Airport]] Name and Code
| [[Francisco Sarabia International Airport]] (TRC)
|-
| [[Mayor]] (alcalde)
| José Ángel Pérez (2006-2009)
|-
| colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#C5C4BA | <sub> '''Sources:''' [http://www.inegi.gob.mx INEGI] [http://www.torreon.gob.mx]</sub>
|}


The city of '''Torreón''' and surrounding [[municipalities of Mexico|municipality]] is a city in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[States of Mexico|state]] of [[Coahuila]]. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including [[Matamoros, Coahuila]], and [[Gómez Palacio]] and [[Lerdo]] in adjacent [[Durango]], was 1,110,000. It is the [[List of metropolitan areas of Mexico|ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country]] and is one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers. Torreón is served by [[Francisco Sarabia International Airport]], a small airport with flights to several cities in Mexico and the United States. Torreón is becoming rather Americanized, malls and amenities found in the United States are beginning to grow into everyday lifestyles like their neighbors to the North.
==Events==
== Geography ==
*[[January 2006]] : all wikipedias exceed [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milestones '''1, 000, 000, 000''' words]
*[[January 4]]: The English language version of Wikipedia arrived at the '''900,000''' article mark.
*[[January 10]]: ''Wikipedia®'' became a registered trademark of [[Wikimedia Foundation]].
*[[January 23]]: [[Jimbo Wales]] [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-January/037980.html announced] the appointment of a new [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee]], increasing the committee size to 15.
*[[January 30]]: [[Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F|Wikipedia registered editors]] were made to [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-January/033833.html require a non-blank password]
*[[February 6]]: the [[Wikipedia:Office Actions]] policy installed.
*[[17 February]]: MIT computer science professor [[Carl Hewitt]] [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Carl Hewitt|banned from editing articles of his expertise]] for undue and persistent self-promotion. In about 2 years the case was reported by ''[[Guardian Unlimited]]''.<ref>{{cite news
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|title=Wikipedia ban for disruptive professor
|first=Jenny
|last=Kleeman
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*[[February 27]], a milistone for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles|WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles]]: the last of the 14,707 missing [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]] articles [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-11-12/WikiProject_report|was added to wikipedia]]
*[[February 28]]: The '''millionth user account''' was registered for the English language edition.
*[[March 2006]], administratorship on the [[Swedish Wikipedia]] becomes only temporary. Admins are reelected once a year. So far, only [[Meta-Wikipedia]] has something similar.
*[[March 1]], 23.09 [[GMT]]: [[Wikipedia:1m-PR-en|Wikipedia produces the '''1,000,000'''-th English article]], "[[Jordanhill railway station]]". See also [[m:Wikimedia press releases/English Wikipedia hits milestone 1 million articles]]. [[Wikipedia talk:1m-PR-en]] lists those who were going for it.
*[[March 19]]: the [[Main Page|front page]] of the English language Wikipedia changed its appearance.
* On [[March 28]], [[CBS Evening News]] airs a special report about Wikipedia.
* On [[April 4]], the first CD selection in English was published as a free download see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia-CD/Download]][http://fixedreference.org/2006-Wikipedia-CD-Selection]
*[[May 11]], [[Wikipedia:Announcements_2006#May_11|It was anounced]] that [[:Category:Living people]] reached 90,000 biography articles.
* On [[June 8]], the English language Wikipedia passed the [[Iranian_peoples|'''1,000''' featured article]] mark.[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/English_Wikipedia_Announces_Thousandth_Featured_Article]
*[[August 4]]-[[August 6|6]]: [[m:Wikimania 2006/En|the second]] [[Wikimania]] was held in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[USA]].
*[[August 16]], the '''100,000'''-th article, [[:ru:Амальрик, Леонид Алексеевич]], was created in [[Russian wikipedia]].
*[[September 24]], [[User:Eloquence]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-09-25/Board_elections|was declared the winner]] of the elections to [[wikimedia]] [[m:Board of Trustees]]
*[[September 26]], [[User:Eloquence]] [[m:Resolution:Replacement Board member 2006|joins the Wikimedia]] [[m:Board of Trustees]]
*[[16 October]]: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaWeekly/Episode1]] podcast was released
*[[October 17]] a pilot project for [[Citizendium]], an intended "expert-friendly" fork of Wikipedia, was launched.
*[[November 4]], [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2|a Wikipedia meetup]] occurred in [[Philadelphia]]
*[[November 9]], [[Wikipedia:Danny's contest/winners|winners]] of the 3rd [[Wikipedia:Danny's contest|Danny's contest]] (a writing competition) announced.
*[[November 12]] the [[Chinese Wikipedia]] produces the '''100,000'''-th new article
*[[November 23]] the [[German Wikipedia]] produces the '''500,000'''-th new article, thus becoming the second national wikipedia reaching this milestone
*[[November 24]]
**the English language Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-11-27/News and notes|produces the '''1,500,000'''-th new article]]: [[Kanab Ambersnail]]
**[[Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 2|a Wikipedia meetup]] occurred in [[Singapore]]
*[[November 27]], the [[French Wikipedia]] produces the '''400,000'''-th new article
* [[November 29]], the [[:ru:|Russian Wikipedia]] wins the [http://premiaruneta.ru/ Russian national Internet award], [[Runet Prize]] in the Science and Education category ([[:ru:Википедия:Пресс-релиз/О вручении «Премии Рунета»|news release, in Russian]]).
*[[December 2006]]:
**The [[Japanese Wikipedia]] won the Web of the Year 2006 from [[Yahoo! Japan]] Internet Guide.
*[[December 4]], [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006]]
*[[December 8]]:
**The [[:m:Board of Trustees|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]] was expanded from 5 to 7. Following a [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_expansion resolution], the Board added [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Kat_Walsh Kat Walsh] ([[:m:User:Mindspillage|Mindspillage]]), [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Oscar_van_Dillen Oscar van Dillen] ([[:m:User:Oscar|Oscar]]), and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Jan-Bart_de_Vreede Jan-Bart de Vreede] ([[:m:User:Jan-Bart|Jan-Bart]]), who will take outgoing member [[User:TimShell|Tim Shell's]] seat.
**Wikimedia Foundation released to public its [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-11/Financial audit|first ever financial audit]], covering years 2004-2006.
*[[December 9]]
** [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|a Wikipedia meetup]] occurred in [[New York]]
** [[Google]] announced on its Official Blog<ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/opening-my-eyes-to-whole-new-world.html "Opening my eyes to a whole new world"] @ google blog</ref> that [[Google Earth]] will now make Wikipedia articles available while looking at geographic information. Information from Wikipedia will be identified by the [[m:Image:Wikipedia-logo-en.png|Wikipedia globe]].
*[[December 26]]/[[December 27]]: edit count in wikipedia rolled over '''100,000,000''' edits since July 2002 according to the counter seen in [[Special:Statistics]]. This was noticed at least twice, see [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28news%29#100.2C000.2C000_edits|here]] and [[Wikipedia_talk:Statistics#100.2C000.2C000_edit_counts.21_Yeehah.21|here]]. This rolling up and down of the counter is explained by deletion of articles.


Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila, within the [[Comarca Lagunera|Laguna]] region of the state ({{coord|25|33|N|103|28|W|}}). The border is delineated by the [[Río Nazas|Nazas River]] that separates it from Gómez Palacio, Durango. The municipality covers {{convert|1947.7|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}, including much of the rural area south of the city. Its elevation is over {{convert|1000|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}}, which is low for the Mexican interior. The climate is hot and dry; summer temperatures sometimes exceeds {{convert|50|°C|°F|0|abbr=on}}; winter temperatures drop below {{convert|-8|°C|°F|0|abbr=on}}.
==Orgnizations==
===Establishments===
*[[January 12]]: wikiProject [[Wikipedia:Community Justice|Community Justice]] (renamed into [[Wikipedia:Concordia|Concordia]]) was initiated by {{user|Computerjoe}}
*[[January 23]]: a position of [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks|ArbCom Clerk]] was introduced to assist the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee]] with procedural aspects of its work.
*[[February 12]]: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject New York State routes]] started<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-08-09/WikiProject_report|WikiProject_report]] @ ''Signpost''</ref>
* [[April 18]]: [[Wikipedia:Reward board]] was established as a place where users who want specific tasks done can offer monetary awards. The first award was offered for pictures for "[[Body mass index]]". Initially it was named "Now Hiring" and immediately became a matter of heated controversy and revert war.
*[[August 14]]: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council]] was initiated by [[user:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill Lokshin]] to coordinate WikiProject efforts
*[[October 4]]: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaWeekly]] was initiated for delivery of wikipedia-related [[podcast]]s
*[[November 22]]: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors]] was initiated to coordinate copyediting efforts. [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors|Deactivated]] on June 22, {{wyr|2008}}. Its replacement, [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles Needing Copy Edit]], was initiated on July 22.


Despite its promising name of Laguna (Lagoon),<ref>The name stems from two nearby, and now dry lagoons, the Lagoon of Mayran and the Lagoon of Viesca.</ref> the region's climate is [[arid]]. Flora and fauna are those common to [[desert]] habitats.
===Dissolutions===
*[[November 5]] [[Wikipedia:Wikipediology|The Institute of Wikipediology]] (est. 10:24, October 8, 2005 {{user|JCarriker}}) marked as inactive


The cities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio, and Lerdo compose the Comarca Lagunera, a basin within the [[Chihuahuan Desert]], which has much economic activity.
==Wikipedian status changes==


The city is {{convert|56|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of historic [[San Pedro de las Colonias]], where some of the Mexican Revolution fighting occurred.
===Online births===
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Torreón has a [[football (soccer)|soccer]] team in the [[Primera División de México]], [[Santos Laguna]]. The team are the current Champions of the Mexican Primera Division, the top soccer division in Mexico. The team won championships in 1996, 2001, and most recently in June 2008 when it beat [[Cruz Azul]] in the [[Clausura 2008]] tournament to get its third Championship in team history. Its most notable players throughout the years have been: Prolific, and world renowned head striker [[Jared Borgetti]] (all-time leading scorer for Mexico), [[Mauro Camoranesi]] (World Champion in 2006 with Italy), [[Rodrigo Ruiz]], and prolific Mexican National team goalie [[Oswaldo Sanchez]]. The team was near a demotion to a lower league in June 2007 and now in only one year has come to the top of Mexican Soccer. The team is deemed as one of the most funnest to follow and are expected to move into a new Stadium in the near future to meet demands of the fan base. It Currently plays in [[Estadio Corona]], and the new stadium will be called [[Nuevo Estadio Corona]].
==Online death and retirement==
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It also has a [[baseball]] team called Los Algodoneros.
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Torreón's professional basketball team, Los Vaqueros de la Comarca, play in the Auditorio Municipal which seats approximately 3,000 people. They are members of the LNBP ({{lang|es|Liga Nacional de Balconcesto Profesional}}) which is considered to be the top basketball league in Mexico. On [[October 2]], [[2004]], in a game played against Durango, Issac Gildea set the all-time scoring record in the LNBP for a single game with 61 points.

== Landmarks ==

[[Cristo de las Noas]], at {{convert|21.80|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}, is the third highest work of this type in the [[Latin America]], only smaller to the statue of [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)| Christ The Redeemer]] in [[Brazil]] and [[Cristo de la Concordia]] in [[Cochabamba]], [[Bolivia]]. Situated on the top of a hill, this image of Jesus with extended arms symbolizes the Catholic faith and the iron will of the Torreonenses. The hilltop has a Catholic church and offers a view of the entire city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torreon.gob.mx/english/the_city/turism/museos/cerrodelasnoas_english.php |title=Cristo de las Noas |accessdate=2007-09-17}}</ref>

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Image:El_Pensador_Torreon_Coah.jpg|Fuente del Pensador
Image:Canal de la Perla Torreon Coah.jpg|Canal de la Perla
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== References ==
* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_coahuila Coahuila] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

== External links ==
* [http://www.torreon.gob.mx Ayuntamiento de Torreón] Official website
* [http://www.torreon.com.mx www.torreon.com.mx] Citizen website
* [http://www.investintorreon.com.mx Economic Development Laguna de Coahuila]Official website
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=torreon+mexico&ll=25.538724,-103.407612&spn=0.094467,0.205805&t=k&hl=en Google maps satellite photo of the city]

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Revision as of 22:10, 13 October 2008

This article is about the city in Mexico. For other uses, see Torreon (disambiguation).
Torreón
File:EscudoTorreon.jpg
Coat of arms
Foundation date September 25, 1893
Population 577,477 (Municipality)[1]
Metropolitan Area 1,110,000
Altitude 1,120 meters (3,674 ft)
Latitude 25° 32' North
Longitude 103° 26' West
Extension 1,947.7 km² (752 mi²)
UTC –6 GMT (Central Time)
Telephone area code +52 (Country) 871 (City)
Airport Name and Code Francisco Sarabia International Airport (TRC)
Mayor (alcalde) José Ángel Pérez (2006-2009)
Sources: INEGI [1]

The city of Torreón and surrounding municipality is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango, was 1,110,000. It is the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country and is one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers. Torreón is served by Francisco Sarabia International Airport, a small airport with flights to several cities in Mexico and the United States. Torreón is becoming rather Americanized, malls and amenities found in the United States are beginning to grow into everyday lifestyles like their neighbors to the North.

Geography

Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila, within the Laguna region of the state (25°33′N 103°28′W / 25.550°N 103.467°W / 25.550; -103.467). The border is delineated by the Nazas River that separates it from Gómez Palacio, Durango. The municipality covers 1,947.7 km2 (752.0 sq mi), including much of the rural area south of the city. Its elevation is over 1,000 m (3,280 ft), which is low for the Mexican interior. The climate is hot and dry; summer temperatures sometimes exceeds 50 °C (122 °F); winter temperatures drop below −8 °C (18 °F).

Despite its promising name of Laguna (Lagoon),[2] the region's climate is arid. Flora and fauna are those common to desert habitats.

The cities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio, and Lerdo compose the Comarca Lagunera, a basin within the Chihuahuan Desert, which has much economic activity.

The city is 56 km (35 mi) south of historic San Pedro de las Colonias, where some of the Mexican Revolution fighting occurred.

Sports

Torreón has a soccer team in the Primera División de México, Santos Laguna. The team are the current Champions of the Mexican Primera Division, the top soccer division in Mexico. The team won championships in 1996, 2001, and most recently in June 2008 when it beat Cruz Azul in the Clausura 2008 tournament to get its third Championship in team history. Its most notable players throughout the years have been: Prolific, and world renowned head striker Jared Borgetti (all-time leading scorer for Mexico), Mauro Camoranesi (World Champion in 2006 with Italy), Rodrigo Ruiz, and prolific Mexican National team goalie Oswaldo Sanchez. The team was near a demotion to a lower league in June 2007 and now in only one year has come to the top of Mexican Soccer. The team is deemed as one of the most funnest to follow and are expected to move into a new Stadium in the near future to meet demands of the fan base. It Currently plays in Estadio Corona, and the new stadium will be called Nuevo Estadio Corona.

It also has a baseball team called Los Algodoneros.

Torreón's professional basketball team, Los Vaqueros de la Comarca, play in the Auditorio Municipal which seats approximately 3,000 people. They are members of the LNBP (Liga Nacional de Balconcesto Profesional) which is considered to be the top basketball league in Mexico. On October 2, 2004, in a game played against Durango, Issac Gildea set the all-time scoring record in the LNBP for a single game with 61 points.

Landmarks

Cristo de las Noas, at 21.80 m (71.5 ft), is the third highest work of this type in the Latin America, only smaller to the statue of Christ The Redeemer in Brazil and Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Situated on the top of a hill, this image of Jesus with extended arms symbolizes the Catholic faith and the iron will of the Torreonenses. The hilltop has a Catholic church and offers a view of the entire city.[3]

  • Fuente del Pensador
    Fuente del Pensador
  • Canal de la Perla
    Canal de la Perla

Notes

  1. ^ INEGI - Conteo de Población y Vivienda 2005 (Population Census)
  2. ^ The name stems from two nearby, and now dry lagoons, the Lagoon of Mayran and the Lagoon of Viesca.
  3. ^ "Cristo de las Noas". Retrieved 2007-09-17.

References

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