Río Blanco (Veracruz)
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Coordinates: 18 ° 50 ′ N , 97 ° 8 ′ W Río Blanco on the map of Veracruz
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Veracruz | |
| Municipio | Río Blanco | |
| Residents | 40,611 (2010) | |
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| height | 1244 m | |
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Río Blanco is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz , bordering Orizaba to the west . Río Blanco is the administrative seat of the Municipio Río Blanco and has about 40,000 inhabitants.
history
Tenango
The settlement took place a few centuries ago during the Spanish colonization . After Mexico gained independence , Terrango, as the original town was called at the time, was given municipal status.
Focus of the Mexican labor movement
The development of Río Blanco really got going when the textile factory opened on October 9, 1892 , which at the time was the largest of its kind in Latin America and where 1,700 workers (including 60 women) found a job.
Río Blanco soon became the focal point of the Mexican labor movement ; because there were always violent conflicts between the mostly local workers and the French factory owners. The conflict, which was sometimes violent, reached its climax on January 7, 1907 , when several workers were shot in an uprising. A memorial was erected in her memory on January 7, 1931, the 24th anniversary of the tragedy. Since then, celebrations in honor of the "martyrs of the workers' uprising of 1907" have taken place in Río Blanco every January 7th.
City status
By decree of September 6, 1910, the village of Río Blanco was raised to the rank of a small town ( villa ) and on December 6, 1967, it received city rights (it was classified as a ciudad ).
economy
Río Blanco lives mainly from agriculture , livestock and industry . The main agricultural products are corn , watermelon , sugar cane and coffee . Livestock breeding is mainly focused on cattle as well as pigs , horses , goats and poultry . There are also 16 smaller factories .
Soccer
When the Frenchman Raoul Bouffier, a passionate soccer player, joined the management of the textile factory, which opened in 1892, in 1914, the starving soccer scene in the Orizaba area was filled with new life. In this way the Unión Deportiva Río Blanco was born , which would win the Veracruz State Championship twenty years later .
Web links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Río Blanco (Spanish)