Fresnillo
Sign in to saveFresnillo () is a city in north central Mexico, founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra. It is the second largest city in the state of Zacatecas and the seat of Fresnillo municipality. As a rail and highway junction, Fresnillo is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver, and the location of one of the world's richest silver mines, the Mina Proaño or Fresnillo Mine, which belongs to the Peñoles mining company. Other important economic activities include agriculture (cereals, beans), cattle raising, and a mining school. Fresnillo is also the municipal seat of the municipality
Key facts
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- Fresnillo, Zacatecas
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- Fresnillo de González Echeverría
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- City
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- Templo de la Purificación in Fresnillo
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- Mexico Zacatecas#Mexico
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- Country
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- State
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- Zacatecas
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- Municipality
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- Mayor
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- Saul Monreal
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- Federal electoral district
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- Zacatecas's 1st
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- Founded
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- September 2, 1554
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- Municipality
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- 1910
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Fresnillo () is a city in north central Mexico, founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra. It is the second largest city in the state of Zacatecas and the seat of Fresnillo municipality. As a rail and highway junction, Fresnillo is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver, and the location of one of the world's richest silver mines, the Mina Proaño or Fresnillo Mine, which belongs to the Peñoles mining company. Other important economic activities include agriculture (cereals, beans), cattle raising, and a mining school. Fresnillo is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name which surrounds it. The municipality had a population of 196,538 and an areal extent of .
It is the location of religious pilgrimages to see the famous Santo Niño de Atocha ("Holy Child of Atocha"), a Roman Catholic devotional statue brought to Mexico from Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fresnillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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