History

The first inhabitants of Cañitas de Felipe Pescador where the Huichol Indians. In 1918 the region started to become populated with people who lived on agriculture and grazing animals. In 1921, Governor

Governor of Zacatecas

The governor of Zacatecas wields executive power in the State of Zacatecas. The governor is directly elected by the citizens, using secret ballot, to a six-year term with no possibility of reelection.The current governor of Zacatecas is Miguel Alonso Reyes.-Incumbents:* 1928–1932: Leobardo C...

 Donato Moreno granted a motion to legally fund Cañitas with the expropriation

Nationalization

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 of haciendas, where presently the city lies. By doing so it was requested for the formation of an Ejido

Ejido

The ejido system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico...

 which led to Cañitas rising to the level of Independent Congregation of the Municipality of Fresnillo

Fresnillo

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In 1921 the first school was founded with the name of Carlos A. Carrillo, which placed special attention to environmental education. That same year the train station was installed in Cañitas and the community of La Colorada is moved to Cañitas.

It wasn't until November 19, 1958 that Cañitas goes from being a Congregation to become a Municipality. Gilberto Montes Monsiváis was named Municipal president

Municipal president

A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the...

 and that same year elections are held in which Herón Domínguez was declared the winner and became the first elected municipal president of Cañitas de Felipe Pescador (1959-1961).

Population

The Municipality of Cañitas has a population total of 9,069 inhabitants which represents 0.68% of the state population of which, 4,506 are male and 4,563 are female.

Religion

Most of the population is Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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with 93.83 percent, Protestants and Evangelics follow with 2.87% and the remainder are Seventh Day Adventists and Neo-Pentecostalists with 6.17 %.