Zumpango del Río explained

Zumpango del Río
Settlement Type:Municipal seat and city
Nickname:Xumpango
Pushpin Map:Mexico Guerrero#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:Guerrero
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Eduardo Neri
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sierra Madre del Sur
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:24719
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:Zona Centro
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:17.65°N -129°W
Elevation M:1912
Postal Code:40180

Zumpango del Río is the seat of the municipality of Eduardo Neri, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.

The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, and started commercial silver mining in the area. Francisco de Hoyos and Juan Juan Jaramillo made the discovery when returning from a military expedition to Guerrero. Using Indian slave labor until the ban from doing so was enforced in 1550, the mines produced 1000 pounds of silver by 1539. Prominent mine owners included Juan de Burgos and Hernán Cortés. Most of the mines were abandoned by 1582 however.[1]

Geography

The city is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, at an altitude of 1092abbr=offNaNabbr=off.

It is on Mexican Federal Highway 95 (Mexico City-Acapulco Highway), about 8miles northeast of the Guerrero state capital city of Chilpancingo[2]

Climate

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. 1997. Variorum. 978-0-86078-513-2. Bakewell. Peter John. 57, 60–61. en.
  2. [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía]