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Uruapan

(Encyclopedia)Uruapan o͞orwäˈpän [key], city (1990 pop. 187,623), Michoacán state, W Mexico. An attractive city with gardens and parks, it is in a semitropical, mountainous agricultural region. The city, found...

Olmec

(Encyclopedia)Olmec ōlˈmĕk [key], term denoting the culture of ancient Mexican natives inhabiting the tropical coastal plain of the contemporary states of Veracruz and Tabasco, between 1300 and 400 b.c. The term...

Hermosillo

(Encyclopedia)Hermosillo ārmōsēˈyō [key], city, capital of Sonora state, NW Mexico, at the entrance to the ...

Tepic

(Encyclopedia)Tepic tāpēkˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 206,967), capital of Nayarit state, W Mexico, on the Tepic River. A commercial center on the coastal line of the Mexican National Railways and on a major highway...

Zapopan

(Encyclopedia)Zapopan zäpōpänˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 668,323), Jalisco state, SW Mexico; est. 1541. In close proximity to Guadalajara, Zapopan is a growing city. It is a commercial center for the surrounding r...

Pecos, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Pecos, river, 926 mi (1,480 km) long, rising in N N.Mex. near the Truchas peaks and flowing SE across E N.Mex. and W Tex. to the Rio Grande; drains c.38,300 sq mi (99,200 sq km). In New Mexico, dams a...

Juárez

(Encyclopedia)Juárez, officially Heroica Ciudad Juárez, city (1990 pop. 789,522) Chihuahua state, N Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso, Tex. Connected with the United States by three international bridges...

Daniels, Josephus

(Encyclopedia)Daniels, Josephus, 1862–1948, American statesman, newspaper editor, and author, b. Washington, N.C. He became editor of the Raleigh State Chronicle in 1885 (he was admitted to the bar the same year)...

Iguala

(Encyclopedia)Iguala ᵺā lä ēnˌdāpĕndĕnˈsyä [key], city, Guerrero state, S Mexico, on the...

Celaya

(Encyclopedia)Celaya sāläˈyä [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. In a region watered by th...