Parras
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Parras, Coahuila | |
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| Parras de la Fuente | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| State | Template:Flagicon Coahuila |
| Municipality | Parras |
| Founded | February 18, 1598 |
| Founded as | Villa de Santa María de las Parras |
| Founded by | Antón Martín Zapata Juan Agustín de Espinosa |
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| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
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Parras de la Fuente (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras Municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km2 (3,579.8 sq mi).
At the census of 2020, the population was 44,472.[1] There are many factories that produce denim and Parras is also a source for Mexican wine. It was the first wine growing region in the Americas.
History
The former Hacienda del Rosario is the place where Parras de la Fuente was founded in 1598, by Capitán Antón Martín de Zapata. The revolutionary and President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero was born here in 1873.
In 1846, during the Mexican–American War, Parras was held by American troops. Additionally, French forces were defeated there in 1866 during the French intervention in Mexico.
The oldest winery in the Americas is in Parras de la Fuente, and was founded by Lorenzo García on August 19, 1597. Casa Madero is home to the oldest winery.[2]
Climate
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Features
Parras de la Fuente is a Pueblo Mágico, designated in 2004. Parras is called the oasis of the semi-desert of Coahuila state. It has bathing resorts (which were used to generate electric power for industry usage).
The Municipality President's building, a historical attraction, is a replica of the State's Government Palace in Saltillo. The Hostal el Farol is the historic former house of General Raúl Madero. San Ignacio de Loyola church was built in the 17th century. Santo Madero church is located on an extinct volcano plug just north of the town.
Academic programs
- Parras Summer Program, in Spanish language and culture and appropriate technology; a program of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California
Notable people
- Senator Francisco José Madero González, who was interim Governor of Coahuila from August 12, 1981, to November 30, 1981.[5]
Sister city
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census Population 2020". INEGI. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Jose Vasconcelos "Evaristo Madero: Biografia de un Patricio" (Impresiones Modernas, 1954); Rafael Heliodoro Valle, “The History of Wine in Mexico” American Journal of Enology and Viticulture Vol. 9, No. 3, (1958); Pablo Lacoste "La vid y el vino en América del Sur: El desplazamiento de los polos vitivinícolas (Siglos XVI Al XX)." Revista Universum Vol. 2, no. No. 19 (2004): 62-93.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Estado de Coahuila-Estacion: PARRAS". Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020 (in español). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Extreme for Parras" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Muere el exgobernador Francisco José Madero". El Siglo de Torreón. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
- Link to tables of population data from the Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Coahuila Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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External links
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