Mineral de Pozos

Mineral de Pozos
Coordinates: 21 ° 13 ′ N , 100 ° 30 ′ W Mineral de Pozos on the map of Guanajuato	Mineral de Pozos
	Mineral de Pozos
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Guanajuato
Municipio	San Luis de la Paz
Residents	2629 (2010)
Detailed data
surface	1.82 km 2
Population density	1,445 inhabitants / km 2
height	2220 m
Website	Mineral de Pozos
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Mineral de Pozos (also San Pedro de los Pozos ) is a place with approx. 3,000 inhabitants in the area of the approximately 120,000 inhabitants counting municipality (municipio) San Luis de la Paz in the northeast of the Mexican state Guanajuato . Because of its colonial character, the place is one of the Pueblos Mágicos .

Location and climate

The place Mineral de Pozos is located in the sparsely forested mountains in the north of Mexico about 118 km (driving distance) northeast of the city of Guanajuato at an altitude of about 2220 m ; San Luis de la Paz, the main town in the municipality, is only 10 km to the north. The climate is temperate to mild; the sparse rain (approx. 500 mm / year) falls mainly during the summer half-year.

population

year	2000	2005	2010
Residents	2.223	2,105	2,629

Only part of the population is of Spanish descent; Colloquial languages are Spanish and a regional Nahuatl dialect.

economy

Today's inhabitants live from agriculture, which also includes fruit growing and small livestock. Small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have set up shop in the village, providing the growing number of day tourists with everything they need.

history

The first known inhabitants of the area were various nomadic Indian tribes such as the Chichimeken , the Guachichil or the Pames . After the conquest of Tenochtitlán (1519–1521) by Hernán Cortés , the area remained undisturbed by the Spaniards for a long time; it was not until 1576 that the first Jesuit missionaries came . In 1590, the then Viceroy , Luis de Velasco y Castilla , commissioned the order to subdue the Indians. Only gradually was the rich ore and mineral deposits in the region recognized and their exploitation began; In this context, the place Mineral de Pozos was created, which flourished until the 1880s. After that, the mines were gradually closed and the place fell into disrepair.

Attractions

The townscape is characterized by a strange mixture of new buildings and ruins.
The Church of San Pedro is an 18th century building in a mixture of styles between baroque and classicism . The nave is vaulted; above the Vierungsbereich a durchfensterter rises drum with a dome .
The old mining settlement, completely in ruins, lies further up on the slope.