Ciudad Madera
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Madera is a town and seat of the municipality of Madera
in the mountains of the northwestern Mexican
state
of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 15,267.
It is a logging town, located in the mountains and the lumber industry is still very important.
Madera is Spanish for "wood", and there used to be a large U.S. company with large lumber mills, there is still a section of the city called "barrio americano" where some American-style wooden houses still survive. New manufacturing industries have created new employment for the residents.
It is at 2112 metres above sea level and was founded in 1906.
The town is located 276 kilometres northwest of the state capital, Chihuahua
, and 536 km southwest of Ciudad Juárez
on the U.S. border.
Madera is a beautiful city surrounded by the great Sierra Madre mountains (Southern stretch of the Rocky Mountains in USA).
).
Madera is also the place where on September 23, 1965, a guerrilla attack on the military took place; this gave the name to the "Liga 23 de Septiembre
," an urban socialist guerrilla group that took the name to commemorate what they considered their martyrs.
Madera (municipality)
Madera is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Madera. The municipality covers an area of 8,158.8 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 32,031....
in the mountains of the northwestern Mexican
Mexico
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state
States of Mexico
The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...
of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 15,267.
It is a logging town, located in the mountains and the lumber industry is still very important.
Madera is Spanish for "wood", and there used to be a large U.S. company with large lumber mills, there is still a section of the city called "barrio americano" where some American-style wooden houses still survive. New manufacturing industries have created new employment for the residents.
It is at 2112 metres above sea level and was founded in 1906.
The town is located 276 kilometres northwest of the state capital, Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
, and 536 km southwest of Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
on the U.S. border.
Madera is a beautiful city surrounded by the great Sierra Madre mountains (Southern stretch of the Rocky Mountains in USA).
History
Madera has been the starting point of the Cabalgata Binacional Villista (see cavalcadeCavalcade
Cavalcade may refer to:*Cavalcade, a horseback procession, parade, or mass trail ride*A huge parade*A huge procession*Suzuki GV1400 Cavalcade, a Suzuki luxury touring motorcycle available from 1985 to 1988 in North America...
).
Madera is also the place where on September 23, 1965, a guerrilla attack on the military took place; this gave the name to the "Liga 23 de Septiembre
Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre
The Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre , or LC23S, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla movement that emerged in Mexico in the early 1970s...
," an urban socialist guerrilla group that took the name to commemorate what they considered their martyrs.