Calera de Víctor Rosales

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official_name = Municipality of Calera de Víctor Rosales
other_name = Calera
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settlement_type = Municipality
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subdivision_type = Country
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subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Zacatecas
subdivision_type2 = Municipal seat
subdivision_name2 = Víctor Rosales
subdivision_type3 = Largest city
subdivision_name3 = Víctor Rosales
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leader_title = Municipal President
leader_name = Horacio Mejia Haro, PRD
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established_title2 = Municipality
established_date2 = 1868
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population_total = 36106
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population_blank1 = 29626 Víctor Rosales
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latd=23 |latm=26 |lats=02 |latNS=N
longd=102 |longm=55 |longs=10 |longEW=W
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elevation_m = 2174
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postal_code_type = Postal Code
postal_code = 98500-98508, 98510, 98515, 98520
area_code = 478
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website = http://www.calera.gob.mx/
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Calera is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. It is located on the central part of the state of Zacatecas and it is bounded by the municipalities of General Enrique Estrada, Fresnillo, Villa de Cos, Pánuco, Morelos and Zacatecas. The municipality covers a total surface area of km2 to sq mi|389 [ [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/zacatecas/municipios/32005a.htm "Calera", Encyclopedia de Municipios ] ] . The municipality makes up for 0.5% of the area of the state of Zacatecas.

History

Calera was born as a point of pass from Fresnillo and Zacatecas.

Population

In the 2005 census Apulco, reported a population of 36,106. [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática] Of these, 29,626 lived in the municipal seat and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.

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