Nuevo Casas Grandes

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Nuevo Casas Grandes
Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′  N , 107 ° 54 ′  W
Card: Chihuahua
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Nuevo Casas Grandes
Nuevo Casas Grandes on the map of Chihuahua
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Chihuahua
Municipio Nuevo Casas Grandes
Residents 55,553  (2010)
City insignia
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Detailed data
height 1457  m
Post Code 33700
prefix 636
City Presidency Luis Fernando Cobos Sáenz
Website nuevocasasgrandes.gob.mx

Nuevo Casas Grandes , also known as Casas Grandes Nueva , is a city in Mexico in the state of Chihuahua with 55,553 inhabitants (2010). It is located on the Río Casas Grandes and Río San Miguel, near the Sierra Madre Occidental. Nuevo Casas Grandes is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name Nuevo Casas Grandes and also the seat of the diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes .

history

Nuevo Casas Grandes was founded in 1870 and is named after the town of Casas Grandes, a few kilometers away . Because of the construction of a railway line, many people migrated near the line.

traffic

Nuevo Casas Grandes has an airport.

Town twinning

It has been twinned with Colorado Springs , Colorado since 1996 .

Web links

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