Real del Oro

Real del Oro [cite web |url= http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/mexico/mpios/15064a.htm |title=Enciclopedia del Estado de México |accessdate=2008-02-01 ] [cite web |url= http://www.turiguide.com/htmlpages/esp/eloro.html|title=El Oro Estado de México, Pueblo Mágico |accessdate=2008-02-01 ] is an town located in the mountainous part of the northwest of the capital of the State of Mexico, near to: Tlalpujahua, Michoacan, Temascalcingo, Atlacomulco and Jocotitlán.

The town of El Oro has an area of 137.86 square kilometres. In the last Population and Housing, the town of El Oro had a population of 29466 inhabitants of which 14519 men and 14947 women. The main economic activities that exist in this place are: agriculture, livestock, industry and tourism. The people of El Oro is a Royal Mines, named for the discovery of a vein of gold that made Don Vincent Arciniega in 1789 at the foot of some hills, a league and a half of another Royal Mines very old named Tlalpujahua.

References