Guanaceví | |
Settlement Type: | Municipal seat and city |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Durango |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Guanaceví |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 2,908 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 25.9317°N -105.9536°W |
Elevation M: | 2,100 |
Elevation Ft: | 6,883 |
Guanaceví is a town located in the northwest of the Mexican state of Durango. As of 2015, the town of Guanaceví had a population of 2,908.[1] It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Guanaceví, which in the 2015 Census had a population of 9,851. It is filled with mines that contain many minerals such as gold, silver, and brass. It has many food traditions that includes sopes, enchiladas, chapaneco, tezhuino, queso, chiles rellenos, etc.
Early history of this town can be found in Perez de Ribas Paginas, book3.
Andres Perez de Ribas Historia de los triunfos de Nueva Santa Fe [1646] 1944 Mexico City 3vols.