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Topic: Municipalities of Zacatecas


In the News (Tue 14 Feb 12)

  
  Zacatecas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico.
Zacatecas is located in the great central plateau of Mexico, with an average elevation of about 7,700 feet.
Zacatecas revolted in 1835 when Federalists (who wanted the Constitution of 1824 re-instituted) there refused to disarm their large militia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zacatecas   (690 words)

  
 Zacatecas State Economy Tied to Aid from US
He emphasized that the biggest industry in Zacatecas is, without doubt, the export of migrants to the United States.
Official statistics show that Zacatecas has a population of somewhat more than 800,000, the same number of its citizens that live in the United States, not counting a similar number of persons born to Zacatecan parents across the northern border.
Moctezuma said that the club phenomenon is the realization of a group of people that via social works linked to cultural and civic life abroad provides part of the means whereby they recreate their roots outside the borders of their state.
www.banderasnews.com /0503/nr-zacatecas.htm   (664 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Zacatecas state election, 2004
The Mexican state of Zacatecas held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004.
At stake was the office of the Zacatecas State Governor, all 30 members of the unicameral Zacatecas State Congress, and 57 mayors and municipal councils.
At 22h30, with results from 46% of the polling stations counted, the victory of Amalia García, with a 35,000 vote lead, seemed inevitable.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Zacatecas_state_election,_2004   (169 words)

  
 DVD Talk Forum - Mexico's Migrants Profit From Dollars Sent Home (Long)
The governor of Zacatecas, Amalia García, has traveled to the United States at least four times since she was inaugurated in September.
Gómez established a migrant political action committee that was key to electing the first opposition governor of Zacatecas, helping the state break free of nearly seven decades of authoritarian rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
There are already places in Zacatecas, he said, where remittances have peaked and are beginning to decline.
www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=411307   (2693 words)

  
 Geogrphy. Zacatecas.
Zacatecas is situated in northern Mexico and has eight neighbors; Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Nayarit and Nuevo León.
In Zacatecas, some places are colder than others.
This is the region of Zacatecas with the least rainfall.
www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/explora/html/zacatecas/geografia.html   (279 words)

  
 MEXPAZ ANALYSIS #180, Jul 13
The three states elected new governors, state congresses and mayors in all municipalities.
For its part, the PRI won a significant victory in Chihuahua by wresting power from the PAN, while the PRD won its first governorship in Zacatecas (in addition to its overwhelming 1997 victory in the Federal District, which some count as a "governorship" although the D.F. isn't technically a state).
The PRD triumph in Zacatecas means an enormous step forward for the party nation-wide.
www.eco.utexas.edu /~archive/chiapas95/1998.08/msg00134.html   (1115 words)

  
 3Com Solution Case Studies: Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Mexico)
Established in 1968, the Autonomous University of Zacatecas offers 62 academic options in different subject areas, plus a senior high-school program and post-graduate studies.
The Zacatecas, Mexico-based public university has two campuses, located two kilometers apart, with a total of 60 buildings.
In the future, the Autonomous University of Zacatecas is considering the construction of a new campus.
www.3com.com /solutions/en_US/casestudy.jsp?caseid=174975   (473 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (krong, singular and plural)
33 municipalities; Ailinginae, Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikar, Bikini, Bokak, Ebon, Enewetak, Erikub, Jabat, Jaluit, Jemo, Kili, Kwajalein, Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap, Rongrik, Toke, Ujae, Ujelang, Utirik, Wotho, Wotje
41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2051.html   (5912 words)

  
 UNITED NATIONS - Fudging, mudging and a thousand flowers
The ruined church of San Francisco in Zacatecas, northern Mexico, bulges with dignitaries, officials and a children’s choir.
When the rhetoric of reform surfaces this close to the village community, it must be possible to state with confidence that the World Summit for Children actually did something for those in whose name it was held.
Meanwhile, in Zacatecas, Governor Romo has launched his ‘social policy in favour of the child’ and in Beijing a thousand flowers are about to bloom.
www.newint.org /issue262/fudging.htm   (1498 words)

  
 Minimum Employment Standards in Mexico - National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade®
First, the labor contract must be signed by a competent municipal authority and countersigned by the consul of the nation to which the employer is to go.
In addition to the ordinary specifications to be contained in the contract, it must clearly specify that the expense of repatriating the employee should be borne by the foreign employer.
Employment placement services for workers shall be free, whether the service is performed by a municipal office, labor exchange or other official or private institution.
www.natlaw.com /pubs/torrient.htm   (9186 words)

  
 En;EFE,AP,PRI Chalks Up Gains In State And Local Elections,Jul 03
Bermudez, who owns three businesses in Winters, Calif., was one of three U.S. residents to run in mayoral races in Zacatecas state and the results suggested he was the only one to win.
The election was a boost for Zacatecas Gov. Ricardo Monreal, a convert to the Democratic Revolution Party who recently announced plans to run for president in 2006.
Democratic Revolution said it won at least 22 of the 57 municipalities in Zacatecas -- including the capital and other towns that together account for most of the state's population.
www.eco.utexas.edu /~archive/chiapas95/2001.07/msg00087.html   (817 words)

  
 Workers' Remittances to Mexico - Business Frontier, Issue 1, 2004 - FRB Dallas
The second and third receiving states in relation to GSP were Zacatecas and Oaxaca, with $355 million and $647 million, respectively, or 9.8 percent and 8.6 percent of their 2001 GSP.
One study concludes that remittances in Mexico are responsible for about 27 percent of the capital invested in microenterprises throughout urban Mexico.
In the Dos por Uno (Two for One) program, established in 1993 by the state government of Zacatecas, the federal and state governments each match one dollar for each dollar immigrants contribute for infrastructure development projects such as paving roads.
www.dallasfed.org /research/busfront/bus0401.html   (1720 words)

  
 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Mexico: Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elections scheduled for 1992 are moved to 1993
Municipalities, state deputies (election for governor postponed to May 1995)
Governor, municipalities, state deputies (election of governor postponed from November 1983)
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/mexico/calendar.html   (264 words)

  
 TOMATO KING VS. LETTUCE KING IN MAYORAL RACE
Mexico to become the stars of municipal elections to take place
in a hotel in Zacatecas, capital of the state by the same name,
municipalities in Zacatecas state, part of the fortunes they have
www.thepioneer.com /international/july7_king.htm   (619 words)

  
 Zacatecas, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Note: Zacatecas has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:
Short-form names: Estado de Zacatecas / State of Zacatecas; Zacatecas.
Location: In its territoy is laying the geographical center of Mexico.
www.fotw.net /flags/mx-zac.html   (146 words)

  
 POLITICAL - Online Information article about POLITICAL
The states are generally subdivided into distritos (districts) or partidos, and these into municipios (municipalities) which correspond to the townships of the See also:
Leon, however, is divided into municipios only, while some other states use entirely different titles for the divisions, the larger being described as departamentos, cantons and municipios, and the smaller as partidos, directorias and vecindarios rurales.
43,630 Zacatecas 24,757 462,190 Zacatecas' 32,866 Distrito Federal 463 541,516 Mexico.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/POLITICAL.html   (5417 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
12 municipalities (manatiq, singular - mintaqah); Al Hadd, Al Manamah, Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs, Madinat Hamad, Madinat 'Isa, Juzur Hawar, Sitrah
6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality* (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts' should be added to the place name
41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2051.html   (4978 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Nuevo Leon State --- 6
Nuevo Leon has an extension of 65,103 km
and split into 52 municipalities and a population of approximately 3'834,141 inhabitants.
The name of Nuevo Reino de Leon (New Lion Kingdom) was consider from the Spanish in recollection of the ancient Reino Ibero de Leon (Iberian Lion kingdom) and after the Independence take its current name.
www.tourbymexico.com /nvoleon/nvoleon.htm   (221 words)

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