Tamazula de Victoria

Tamazula de Victoria
Municipal seat and city
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Tamazula de Victoria Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 24°58′12″N 106°57′56″W
Country	Mexico
State	Durango
Municipality	Tamazula
Government
• Municipal President	Jose Angel Beltran
Elevation	245 m (804 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,337
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Postalcode	34580
Website	http://www.tamazuladgo.gob.mx/index.html

Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango, near the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The town is located about 1.5 hours east of Culiacán, Sinaloa. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, was born there, hence the name. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337 The Tamazula River runs directly north of the town.

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  Cactus Cardon Guajiro and Corn at Sunset after a summer thunderstorm in Tamazula, Durango
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  Hillside view looking East
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  Templo San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church
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  Interior view of San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church alter in 2013
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  1786 Birthplace and childhood home of Guadalupe Victoria. Now a museum

Villages

The municipal subdivisions of Tamazula are:

• Amaculi
• Los Remedios
• El Chicural
• El Cocoyole
• Chacala
• El Llano
• El Comedero
• Las Juntas
• Las Quebradas
• El Río
• Pueblo Viejo
• El Carrizo
• Otatitlán
• Las Coloradas
• Santa Elena
• El Cajón
• La Mesa del Rodeo
• El Durazno
• La Alameda
• Santa Gertrudis
• El Tecuán
• Santa Barbara
• Cuesta Blanca