Torreón

Torreón
Coordinates: 25 ° 33 ′  N , 103 ° 27 ′  W Torreón​ Torreón on the map of Coahuila
Location of Torreón in Mexico
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	Coahuila
Municipio	Torreón
City foundation	1893
Residents	608,836  (2010)
- in the metropolitan area	1,215,993
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1948 km 2
Population density	313 inhabitants / km 2
height	1122  m
Post Code	27000
prefix	871
Time zone	UTC −6
City Presidency	Eduardo Olmos Castro ( PRI )
Website	www.torreon.gob.mx

Torreón is a city founded in 1893 in the Mexican state of Coahuila and is located 1000 km north of Mexico City . The city is 1122  m high and its population is 608,836 people (as of 2010)

Canal de la Perla Christ statue

geography

The cities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio and Ciudad Lerdo are in La Laguna ( "the lagoon or") Comarca Lagunera -called pool , which is characterized by a great economic activity since time immemorial. The name La Laguna is derived from two former lagoons that have now dried up: the lagoon of Mayran and the lagoon of Viesca.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Torreón Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22.3 25.3 25.8 32.5 35.3 35.4 34.2 33.7 31.8 29.5 26.1 22.7 O 29.6 Min. Temperature (° C) 6.8 8.6 12.0 15.6 19.0 20.8 20.5 20.3 18.6 15.2 10.3 7.4 O 14.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 11.3 3.5 1.7 5.7 21.1 33.5 34.6 36.9 44.3 18.0 6.7 10.6 Σ 227.9 Rainy days ( d ) 2.2 0.8 0.4 1.4 3.2 4.3 6.2 5.5 5.6 3.0 1.7 2.2 Σ 36.5 T e m p e r a t u r 22.3 6.8 25.3 8.6 25.8 12.0 32.5 15.6 35.3 19.0 35.4 20.8 34.2 20.5 33.7 20.3 31.8 18.6 29.5 15.2 26.1 10.3 22.7 7.4 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: CONAGUA

history

Due to the flourishing cotton cultivation here , Torreón developed into an economic center soon after it was founded. The city has been home to an economically very active Chinese community since the 19th century, with 600 to 700 members. When revolutionary forces took Torreón during the Mexican Revolution in 1911, they became the target of pogrom-like attacks. A looting mob that appeared in the wake of the revolutionary troops attacked the Chinese colony and murdered almost half of its members. The massacre of the Chinese residents of the city was a hitherto unique case in Mexico, which was never to be repeated on this scale.

The fact that the city was also an important rail hub through which all trains going to northern and southern Mexico had to pass made it extremely valuable from a military point of view. Therefore, during the Mexican Revolution, the federal troops controlled by the respective Mexican government , the federales , fought hard with the revolutionary armies for possession of the city. Three times (1913, 1914 and 1916) succeeded, for example, the Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa , the intake of Torreón .

Church organization

Since 1957 the city has been the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Torreón .

Twin cities

Torreón has sixteen twin cities :

city	country	since
Chihuahua	Mexico
Coro	Venezuela
Culiacan	Mexico	2007
Durango	Mexico	2012
El Paso	Texas, USA
Fresno	California, USA
Hamburg-Harburg	Germany	2011
Hermosillo	Mexico
Laredo	Texas, USA	2004
Monterrey	Mexico
Paris	France	2006
Reynosa	Mexico
Saltillo	Mexico	2013
San Antonio	Texas, USA
São Paulo	Brazil	2011
Xalapa	Mexico

sons and daughters of the town

• Baby Arizmendi (1914–1962), world boxing champion
• Bibiana Candelas (* 1983), beach volleyball player
• Guillermo Cantú (born 1968), football player
• Rubén Chávez (1953-2013), football player
• Félix Cruz Barbosa (* 1961), football player and coach
• Bernard Francis Law (1931–2017), American clergyman, Archbishop of Boston and Archpriest of the Roman Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
• Evan Hoyt (born 1995), British tennis player
• Osmar Mares (* 1987), football player
• Juan Carlos Medina (born 1983), football player
• Oribe Peralta (* 1984), football player
• Joaquín Reyes Chávez (born 1978), football player
• Hugo René Rodríguez (* 1959), football player
• Rafael Romo Muñoz (* 1940), Catholic clergyman, retired Archbishop of Tijuana
• Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas (1963–2009), botanist
• Sergio Enrique Villarreal (* 1969), criminal

Web links

Commons : Torreón  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Torreón (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER) (Info from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía ).
2. ↑ Newsletter Nov 12 - Invest in Torreon . Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.