Jerez de García Salinas
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Coordinates: 22 ° 39 ′ N , 102 ° 59 ′ W Jerez de García Salinas on the map of Zacatecas
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Zacatecas | |
| Municipio | Jerez | |
| City foundation | 1569 | |
| Residents | 43,064 (2010) | |
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| surface | 18.0 km 2 | |
| Population density | 2,392 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 2000 m | |
| Post Code | 99300 | |
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Jerez de García Salinas is a city with around 50,000 inhabitants and the capital of a municipality (municipio) with around 70,000 inhabitants in the center of the Mexican state of Zacatecas . The city is the administrative seat of the Municipio Jerez . Because of its historic city center, it is one of the Pueblos Mágicos .
location
Jerez de García Salinas is located in the central highlands of Mexico at an altitude of almost 2000 m . Mexico City is approx. 655 km (driving distance) in a southeast direction; Zacatecas , the state capital, is approximately 53 km to the northeast. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 455 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the summer half-year.
Population development
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 37,558 | 38,624 | 43,064 |
The slight but steady increase in population in the last few decades is mainly due to the continuing immigration of families from the surrounding villages. Only a small part of the community's mostly Indian-born residents speak the regional Nahuatl dialect; Colloquial language is mostly Spanish.
Population and economy
Corn, beans, vegetables, agaves and opuntia are grown in the fields in the area; There are many small craft workshops and shops in the city, and smaller industrial companies have also set up shop in the outskirts.
history
In pre- Hispanic times the area was inhabited by the Chichimecs and their subgroups such as the Zacatecs ; However, these did not leave any stone buildings. Around 1530, the region was explored and conquered by Cristóbal de Oñate , a conquistador from the Basque province of Álava . The city was founded in 1569; a small chapel, a square and a town hall ( casa consistorial ) were built. The present city layout with its right-angled streets was not built until the following centuries.
Attractions
- The most important religious building in the city is the baroque Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad with its double tower facade . While the basement floors of the bell towers are as usual without decoration, the two bell floors have a significantly richer design. The middle part of the facade, which is also articulated differently in terms of color, shows twisted columns in the style of Churriguerism .
- The single-tower parish church (Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción) , on the other hand, is much more simply designed, but shows a similar facade design in the middle part with twisted columns and a blown gable .
- The Edificio de la Torre, opposite the Santuario , with its two-storey outer walls in neo-Gothic style, was built as a school building at the end of the 19th century on the background of a donation of money and land from Don Pantaleón de la Torre . Today there is a cultural institution (casa de cultura) with a municipal library.
- The Portal de las Palomas , a representative building from the 19th century, is located at Plaza Tacuba .
- The Inguanzo portal , lined with a wide portico and a former trading house built at the end of the 19th century, also deserves attention.
- The same applies to the Teatro José María Hinojosa .
- The cemetery (Panteón de Dolores) , which was laid out outside the city in 1809, contains a large number of intricately designed grave monuments from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Edificio de la Torre
Plaza Tacuba with Portal de las Palomas
Hinojosa Theater
dto., theater hall
Web links
- Jerez, sights - photo and information (Spanish)
- Jerez, Panteón de Dolores - Photo and information (Spanish)