San Pedro del Gallo explained

San Pedro del Gallo
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:San Pedro del Gallo
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:634
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:25.5625°N -104.2925°W

San Pedro del Gallo is a city and seat of the municipality of San Pedro del Gallo, in the state of Durango, north-western Mexico.[1] As of 2010, the town had a population of 634.[2]

The site was founded as a Spanish Spanish; Castilian: [[presidio]] in 1685, in response to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía]
  2. Web site: San Pedro del Gallo . Catálogo de Localidades . Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL) . 23 April 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131133/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=10&mun=030 . live .
  3. Book: Sheridan . Thomas E. . Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham . 26 May 2016 . University of Arizona Press . 978-0-8165-3441-8 . 29 . en.