Santiago (Nuevo León)
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Coordinates: 25 ° 26 ′ N , 100 ° 9 ′ W Santiago on the map of Nuevo León
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Nuevo León | |
| Municipio | Santiago | |
| Residents | 36,840 (2010) | |
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| surface | 67.7 km 2 | |
| Population density | 544 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 445 m | |
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Santiago is a city with around 40,000 inhabitants and the capital of a municipality ( municipio ) with around 45,000 inhabitants in the state of Nuevo León in northeast Mexico . The colonial city center has belonged to the Pueblos Mágicos of Mexico since 2006 .
Location and climate
The city of Santiago is located on a fed by several small rivers dam (Presa Rodrigo Gómez) in a valley in the northern foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental about 36 km (route) southeast of Monterrey in about 445 m height; the Gulf of Mexico is approx. 200 km (as the crow flies) in an easterly direction. The climate is temperate to warm; sometimes humid; Rain (approx. 1000 mm / year) almost without exception falls in the summer half-year.
population
| year | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Residents | 33,344 | 34,261 | 36,840 |
The population consists mainly of Indians from the Guachichil tribe and mestizos . Most of the time, however, Spanish is spoken.
economy
The Spaniards traditionally ran cattle, whereas the Indians grew corn and other vegetables (beans, tomatoes, etc.).
history
Although there were smaller Indian settlements and also some Spanish haciendas earlier , the year 1648 is considered to be the founding year of the city of Valle de Santiago de Guajuco ; The city founder was Diego Rodríguez de Montemayor, the grandson of the second generation conquistador Diego de Montemayor . Due to hostilities of the numerically clearly superior Indians, the place was abandoned by the Spaniards in the meantime and only resettled in 1670. In 1831 the city received full city rights (villa) .
Attractions
- The two-towered, but only single-nave parish church of Santiago Apóstol , built around the middle of the 18th century, is dedicated to the Apostle James the Elder. Ä. , the patron saint of the Reconquista in Spain and the Conquista of Central and South America that began just a few decades later . The crossing area of the church is - as is usual in Mexico - raised by a dome .
- The town hall (Palacio Municipal) dates from the early 20th century.
- The Cola de Caballo waterfall is on the outskirts .
Personalities
- El Guajuco (1580–1625), important Indian chief in the area
Web links
- Santiago - Photos + Info (inafed, Spanish)
- Santiago, tourism - photos + information
- Santiago, Tourism - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- Santiago, Church - video