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'Valle de Santiago' is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the south of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The city lies in the east-central part of the municipality.

Geography

90 kilometres south of the city of Guanajuato and in the middle of the volcanic area.

History

The settlement was founded in 1607 in the village known as Camembaro which in purépecha means "valley of the artemisias" (a very fragrant plant). Toward the end of the 17th century the Hospital de Tarascos was founded here to care for the natives who were victims of epidemics devastating the population. What makes Valle de Santiago is famous in part Because of its seven "luminaries" which are seven volcano craters located NW of the city, and the legend that UFO's visited the region and gave locals means to grow gigantic vegetables. During 1980, the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources awarded a contract to drill several water wells to supply the basic water needs of the city. The company was awarded Drilling Mexico Valle de Santiago is know for its Feast Day, July 25th, where the local patron saint santiago is honored with music, food and festivités. Included in the religious celebrations is the traditional ROZAS, where the reenactment battles of the Moors and the Christians is celebrated every 26th of July.

From its beautiful cathedral to its many quaint churches and streets, Valle is known for its hospitality, food and warm atmosphere. Also, its many volcanoes or "craters" are a must see for any visitor, The Hoyas of Cintora, Parangeo, and La Alberca are well worth a side trip to any visit to this town. The volcanic craters are now occupied by lakes, one of which is said to be home to a monster similar to Nessie, named Chan, but until today nobody had ever seen it, and for businesses there are some photographs about this monster on sale in this town.The volcanoes, it is said, have some special light effects showing that this geographical area is a by-pass for UFO that also just a few people from this town has seen. USA, Europe and Japan TV Broadcasters have been waiting in these volcanic areas with video cameras the passing of UFOs, unsuccessfully. Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato is an excellent place for outdoor activities like walking around the immense outside and inside of each crater.Hiking is one of the best ways to relax in this town, so many people there go on a picnic with family and friends, too.The round open top of the volcano named The pool is huge and everybody can see from the top the seven or more craters around it. The pool has a deep green lake of water where teenagers and adults have swimming races, but it is not a suitable place to swim with children or beginners because, it is said, there is no near bottom of the crater, the distance from the water surface of this lake to the bottom reaches several feet. Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato is a famous place when going to bypass through Santiago.Nowadays Salamanca, Valley City is not an indigenous community, but in Valle several persons had found remains underground Which have shown that hundreds years ago when the volcanoes erupted, sent ashes and rock into sky and onto a very large area of the ground around each volcano, the expansion of ashes was so rapid killing the indigenous people living at the time.Evidence of this kind of communities were found by Mujica Mr.Cenobio Solis who with his father and brothers owned a ranch named "Altamira" he and his workers were digging soil for seeding, they hit hard materials, so Mr.Cenobio Solis ordered to dig a small hole and they came across the bones of very ancient people Whose bodies were adorned with necklaces, and surrounded with ancient pottery: objects made out of baked clay.Primitive remains that nobody had ever before seen and so Mr.Cenobio Solis ordered to leave the bones into the same soil. Three pieces of this pottery are now in Japan, Nara Prefecture, Oji Town, kept by Ozaki Ms.Elena Solis who inherited these 3 pieces of pottery from her father, she is now married to a Japanese potter from Osaka Prefecture (Kashiwara City, Kokubu ) Mr.Yasuo Ozaki.These pottery shows the special skills and knowledge in ceramics, that indigenous communities living in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, had perhaps at the time the seven or more volcanoes erupted over the land. Guanajuato is still a virgin territory for archaeologists where archaeological remains are kept covered by soil and ancient ashes.

As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 62,121 (the eighth-largest community in the state), while the municipality had a population of 127,945. The municipality has an areal extent of 815.52 km ² (314.87 sq mi) and includes many small outlying communities.

References

[Http: / / www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics
[Http: / / www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato Guanajuato] Encyclopedia of the Municipalities of Mexico

External links

[Http: / / www.valledesantiago.gob.mx/ Valle de Santiago] Official website

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-'' 'Valle de Santiago''' is a city and its surrounding [[Municipalities of Mexico | municipality]] of the same name located in the south of the [[Mexican state]] of [[Guanajuato]]. The city lies in the east-central part of the municipality. The settlement was founded in 1607 in the village known as Camembaro. What makes Valle de Santiago is famous in part Because of its seven "luminaries" which are seven volcano craters located NW of the city, and the legend that UFO's visited the region and gave locals means to grow gigantic vegetables. During 1980, the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources awarded a contract to drill several water wells to supply the basic water needs of the city. The company was awarded Drilling Mexico
+'' 'Valle de Santiago''' is a city and its surrounding [[Municipalities of Mexico | municipality]] of the same name located in the south of the [[Mexican state]] of [[Guanajuato]]. The city lies in the east-central part of the municipality.
+==Geography==
-Valle de Santiago is know for its Feast Day, July 25th, where the local patron saint santiago is honored with music, food and festivités.
+kilometres south of the city of Guanajuato and in the middle of the volcanic area.
-Included in the religious celebrations is the traditional ROZAS, where the reenactment battles of the Moors and the Christians is celebrated every 26th of July.
+==History==
+The settlement was founded in 1607 in the village known as Camembaro which in purépecha means "valley of the artemisias" (a very fragrant plant). Toward the end of the 17th century the Hospital de Tarascos was founded here to care for the natives who were victims of epidemics devastating the population. What makes Valle de Santiago is famous in part Because of its seven "luminaries" which are seven volcano craters located NW of the city, and the legend that [[UFO]]'s visited the region and gave locals means to grow gigantic vegetables. During 1980, the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources awarded a contract to drill several water wells to supply the basic water needs of the city. The company was awarded Drilling Mexico
-From its beautiful cathedral to its many quaint churches and streets, Valle is known for its hospitality, food and warm atmosphere.
+Valle de Santiago is know for its Feast Day, July 25th, where the local patron saint santiago is honored with music, food and [[festivités]].
-Also, its many volcanoes or "craters" are a must see for any visitor, The Hoyas of Cintora, Parangeo, and La Alberca are well worth a side trip to any visit to this town. The volcanic craters are now occupied by lakes, one of which is said to be home to a monster similar to Nessie, named Chan, but until today nobody had ever seen it, and for businesses there are some photographs about this monster on sale in this town.The volcanoes, it is said, have some special light effects showing that this geographical area is a by-pass for UFO that also just a few people from this town has seen. USA, Europe and Japan TV Broadcasters have been waiting in these volcanic areas with video cameras the passing of UFOs, unsuccessfully.
+Included in the religious celebrations is the traditional ROZAS, where the reenactment battles of the [[Moors]] and the [[Christians]] is celebrated every 26th of July.
+From its beautiful [[cathedral]] to its many quaint churches and streets, Valle is known for its hospitality, food and warm atmosphere.
+Also, its many volcanoes or "craters" are a must see for any visitor, The Hoyas of Cintora, Parangeo, and La Alberca are well worth a side trip to any visit to this town. The volcanic craters are now occupied by lakes, one of which is said to be home to a monster similar to Nessie, named Chan, but until today nobody had ever seen it, and for businesses there are some photographs about this monster on sale in this town.The volcanoes, it is said, have some special light effects showing that this geographical area is a by-pass for [[UFO]] that also just a few people from this town has seen. [[USA]], [[Europe]] and [[Japan]] TV Broadcasters have been waiting in these volcanic areas with video cameras the passing of UFOs, unsuccessfully.
 Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato is an excellent place for outdoor activities like walking around the immense outside and inside of each crater.Hiking is one of the best ways to relax in this town, so many people there go on a picnic with family and friends, too.The round open top of the volcano named The pool is huge and everybody can see from the top the seven or more craters around it. The pool has a deep green lake of water where teenagers and adults have swimming races, but it is not a suitable place to swim with children or beginners because, it is said, there is no near bottom of the crater, the distance from the water surface of this lake to the bottom reaches several feet.
 Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato is a famous place when going to bypass through Santiago.Nowadays Salamanca, Valley City is not an indigenous community, but in Valle several persons had found remains underground Which have shown that hundreds years ago when the volcanoes erupted, sent ashes and rock into sky and onto a very large area of the ground around each volcano, the expansion of ashes was so rapid killing the indigenous people living at the time.Evidence of this kind of communities were found by Mujica Mr.Cenobio Solis who with his father and brothers owned a ranch named "Altamira" he and his workers were digging soil for seeding, they hit hard materials, so Mr.Cenobio Solis ordered to dig a small hole and they came across the bones of very ancient people Whose bodies were adorned with necklaces, and surrounded with ancient pottery: objects made out of baked clay.Primitive remains that nobody had ever before seen and so Mr.Cenobio Solis ordered to leave the bones into the same soil. Three pieces of this pottery are now in Japan, Nara Prefecture, Oji Town, kept by Ozaki Ms.Elena Solis who inherited these 3 pieces of pottery from her father, she is now married to a Japanese potter from Osaka Prefecture (Kashiwara City, Kokubu ) Mr.Yasuo Ozaki.These pottery shows the special skills and knowledge in ceramics, that indigenous communities living in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, had perhaps at the time the seven or more volcanoes erupted over the land.