Cuencamé
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Cuencamé is a small city and the seat of the municipality of Cuencamé in the state of Durango, which is in northern Mexico. , the city had a total population of 9,848.
Key facts
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- Cuencamé
- Settlement.motto
- Tierra de Generales (Land of Generals)
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- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
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- Templo de Cuencamé
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- Mexico
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- above
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- 300
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- Location in Mexico
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Durango
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Eligio Moreno Martínez
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- Founded
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- Late 16th century
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9848
- Elevation
- 1580
- Official website
- www.cuencame.org
- Image
- Sanantoniocuencame.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cuencamé Municipality
- inception
- 1563-00-00
- postal code
- 35805
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11 sectionsContents
- City
- Notable residents
- The municipality
- History
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Mountains
- Rivers, lakes, and springs
- References
- Notes
Cuencamé is a small city and the seat of the municipality of Cuencamé in the state of Durango, which is in northern Mexico. , the city had a total population of 9,848.
==City== Cuencamé was originally a very small town formed by adjoining wild northern tribes. During the Colonial period, different groups settled there, such as the Zacatecos, Tepehuanos, and Laguneros. Cuencamé was founded by Jesuit father Francisco Ramírez in August 1594 who founded a mission there 11 years after an original one, built by Franciscan father Jerónimo Panger, had been abandoned. As it was located in the central arid area, it attracted a lot of people interested in the silver mines around Cuencamé.
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